Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ततः प्रहृष्टा सा देवी वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह । अद्यप्रभृति यः पुत्रं मदीयं गणनाय कम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prahṛṣṭā sā devī vākyametaduvāca ha | adyaprabhṛti yaḥ putraṃ madīyaṃ gaṇanāya kam

Translation

„Da sprach die Göttin, voller Freude, diese Worte: ‚Von diesem Tage an—wer auch immer (verehrt) meinen Sohn Gaṇanāyaka, den Führer der Gaṇas …‘“

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then’)

• प्रहृष्टा: delighted
• प्रहृष्टा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ह: indeed/forsooth
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; narrative emphasis)

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (अद्यप्रभृति = ‘from today onwards’), अव्यय (temporal)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मदीयम्: my
• मदीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: madīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गणनायकम्: leader of the gaṇas (Gaṇeśa)
• गणनायकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + नायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गणानां नायकः), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess Pārvatī, radiant and pleased, speaks a decree-like blessing; nearby stands or is implied her son Gaṇanāyaka, with attendants and a reverent king/sage listening.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Pārvatī
• Gaṇeśa
• Gaṇanāyaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is assured through proper devotion—Pārvatī herself authorizes the worship and its fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but focuses on a divine statement about Gaṇeśa worship rather than a particular place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The goddess introduces an injunction/boon connected to worship of her son Gaṇeśa (continued in the next verse).