Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
पूर्वं तु केशवः पूज्यो द्वितीयो मधुसूदनः । संकर्षणस्तृतीयस्तु ततो दामोदरः स्मृतः
Transliteration
pūrvaṃ tu keśavaḥ pūjyo dvitīyo madhusūdanaḥ | saṃkarṣaṇastṛtīyastu tato dāmodaraḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
Zuerst ist Keśava zu verehren; als Zweiter Madhusūdana; als Dritter Saṃkarṣaṇa; danach wird Dāmodara als der Nächste in Erinnerung gerufen.
Word by Word
पूर्वम्first/earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘पूर्वम्’ = earlier/first
तुindeed/and/but
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle): contrast/emphasis
केशवःKeśava (Viṣṇu)
केशवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
पूज्यःworthy of worship
पूज्यः:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज्य (कृदन्त; √पूज् (धातु) + यत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive): ‘to be worshipped’
द्वितीयःthe second
द्वितीयः:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)
मधुसूदनःMadhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
मधुसूदनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + सूदन)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘मधोः सूदनः’
संकर्षणःSaṃkarṣaṇa
संकर्षणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तृतीयःthe third
तृतीयः:
Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle)
ततःthereafter
ततः:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time sequence/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘thereafter/from that’
दामोदरःDāmodara
दामोदरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदामोदर (प्रातिपदिक; दामन् + उदर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दाम्नः उदरम् यस्य’ (name-form)
स्मृतःis said/remembered (as)
स्मृतः:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ (धातु) + क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is called/remembered’ (elliptic passive)
Speaker
Gālava
Characters & Entities
K
KeśavaM
MadhusūdanaS
SaṃkarṣaṇaD
DāmodaraV
Viṣṇu (as the named deity)FAQs
Worship is guided through recognized divine names—specific Viṣṇu forms are invoked in an ordered enumeration.
Not a single site is named in this verse; it continues the Śāligrāma worship framework rooted in the Gaṇḍakī tradition.
Sequential worship (pūjā) using specific Viṣṇu names/forms beginning with Keśava.