Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तां देवीमिह संश्रयेत् । सर्वकामप्रदां नृणां तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थिताम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tāṃ devīmiha saṃśrayet | sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitām

Translation

Darum soll man sich hier mit allem Eifer jener Göttin anvertrauen—die in diesem heiligen Kṣetra weilt und den Menschen alle gewünschten Ziele gewährt.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्) = ablatival adverb 'therefore/from that'

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वः प्रयत्नः' = with all effort

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• saṃśrayet: should take refuge in
• saṃśrayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√śri (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'should take refuge/should resort to'

• sarva-kāma-pradām: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradām: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pra-√dā (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समास: 'सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति या' = giver of all desires; प्रद = दा-धातोः शतृ/कृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण-प्रयोग (प्रदा)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṣetre: in the sacred place/field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• vyavasthitām: situated
• vyavasthitām: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'situated/established' (देवीम् विशेषयति)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in frame narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels at the threshold of the Devī’s shrine, hands folded in surrender; the Goddess is envisioned as present within the kṣetra, radiating assurance of protection and fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (unnamed)
• Kṣetra (sacred site)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣetra-devatā devotion—taking śaraṇa (refuge) in the presiding Goddess—is upheld as a powerful path to fulfillment and welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 64 where a Devī is ‘established’; the verse does not supply the site-name by itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and sustained devotion to the Devī residing in the kṣetra.