Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

वेदत्रयस्तुता त्वं च साध्यारूपेण रागिणी । अरूपा सर्वरूपा त्वं जनसन्तानदायिनी

Transliteration

vedatrayastutā tvaṃ ca sādhyārūpeṇa rāgiṇī | arūpā sarvarūpā tvaṃ janasantānadāyinī

Translation

„Von den drei Veden wirst du gepriesen; und indem du die Gestalt der Sādhya annimmst, erscheinst du in liebevoller Neigung. Gestaltlos und doch in allen Gestalten, schenkst du die Fortdauer der Geschlechter (Nachkommenschaft).“

Word by Word

• veda-traya-stutā: praised by the three Vedas
• veda-traya-stutā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + stutā (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √stu)
• Form: तत्पुरुष ('praised by the three Vedas'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sādhya-rūpeṇa: in the form of the Sādhyas
• sādhya-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa/Prakāra (Instrument/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/प्रकारवाचक (instrumental of manner)

• rāgiṇī: passionate, attached
• rāgiṇī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāgiṇī (प्रातिपदिक; from rāga)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• arūpā: formless
• arūpā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-rūpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-समास-प्राय (negated adjective); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• sarva-rūpā: having all forms
• sarva-rūpā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय ('all-formed'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jana-santāna-dāyinī: giver of offspring (to people)
• jana-santāna-dāyinī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक) + santāna (प्रातिपदिक) + dāyinī (प्रातिपदिक; from √dā)
• Form: तत्पुरुष ('giver of progeny to people'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Phalavelā (Devī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī enthroned at a tīrtha-shrine, with three Vedas personified offering garlands; beside her, a couple prays for progeny; Devī appears both as luminous void and as many forms in a surrounding mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Three Vedas
• Sādhyas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess transcends form while compassionately assuming forms to bless worldly and spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse implies devotional praise as a means to obtain blessings.