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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्र तपस्तेपे गौरीं संस्थाप्य भक्तितः । तदग्रे व्रतमास्थाय यथोक्तं शास्त्र संभवम्

Transliteration

tatastatra tapastepe gaurīṃ saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ | tadagre vratamāsthāya yathoktaṃ śāstra saṃbhavam

Translation

Daraufhin übte sie dort selbst Askese, indem sie in Hingabe (das Bild der) Gaurī aufstellte. Und vor der Göttin hielt sie ein Gelübde, genau wie es die Śāstras vorschreiben.

Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/अनुक्रमवाचक — Indeclinable; temporal/sequential adverb
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक — Indeclinable; locative adverb
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
तेपेperformed (austerity)
तेपे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतप् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada
गौरीम्Gaurī (Pārvatī)
गौरीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular
संस्थाप्यhaving स्थापित/installed
संस्थाप्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + स्थाप् (धातु); ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
Formल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया — having installed/established
भक्तितःout of devotion
भक्तितः:
Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन — Feminine, Ablative, Singular; हेतौ (by reason of)
तद्that
तद्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषण
अग्रेin front (of it)
अग्रे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular
व्रतम्vow, observance
व्रतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
आस्थायhaving undertaken
आस्थाय:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + स्था (धातु); ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
Formल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया — having undertaken
यथोक्तम्as prescribed
यथोक्तम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; अव्ययीभाव (यथा उक्तम् = as said)
शास्त्रof scripture
शास्त्र:
Sambandha (Genitive/Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Singular (समास/निर्देशार्थ)
सम्भवम्arising from / based on
सम्भवम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण (व्रतम्)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A princess-devotee installs an image of Gaurī at the sacred spot, then sits in disciplined austerity, hands in añjali, observing a śāstra-based vow before the Goddess.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaurī

FAQs

Devotion becomes most fruitful when disciplined by śāstra—tapasyā and vrata performed before the Goddess in a prescribed manner.

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya (pilgrimage-glorification) frame, but this snippet does not name the tīrtha explicitly; it emphasizes the rite performed at the sacred spot being narrated.

Installing Gaurī and undertaking a śāstra-approved vrata (vow/observance) in the Goddess’s presence.

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