Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

माहित्थं साधितं यस्मात्त्वया मे सकलं शुभम् । माहित्थानाम तस्मात्त्वं देवता संभविष्यसि

Transliteration

māhitthaṃ sādhitaṃ yasmāttvayā me sakalaṃ śubham | māhitthānāma tasmāttvaṃ devatā saṃbhaviṣyasi

Translation

„Da du dieses Māhittha vollbracht hast und mir dadurch ganz und gar heilsamen Segen gebracht hast, wirst du daher eine Gottheit werden, bekannt unter dem Namen ‘Māhittha’.“

Word by Word

• माहित्थम्: Māhittha (name/thing)
• माहित्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st) वा द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (साधितम् इत्यनेन सह कर्म/विषय-निर्देशः)

• साधितम्: accomplished
• साधितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (माहित्थम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• यस्मात्: since/because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival relative: 'because/since')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my/for me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• सकलम्: entire, all
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (शुभम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious good
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माहित्थ: Māhittha
• माहित्थ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नाम इत्यस्य विशेष्य-रूपेण)

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/apposition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (नाम-निपातः: 'called/namely')

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival: 'therefore/from that')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवता: a deity
• देवता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (भविष्यसि इत्यस्य पूरक/प्रेडिकेट-नाम)

• संभविष्यसि: you will become
• संभविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Parameśvarī (Devī) implied (continuation from prior verse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māhittha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine proclamation scene: the manifested Śakti/Vidyā addresses Agastya, granting him (or the accomplished power) the status of a deity named Māhittha; the landscape bears signs of sanctification.

Characters & Entities

• Māhittha
• Parameśvarī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When auspicious dharma is fulfilled, divine recognition follows—names, forms, and worship arise through the Goddess’s sanction and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māhittha is the central sacred focus; the verse explains its naming and divine status, a key feature of tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse records a boon/ordination into devatā-status (deification and naming).