Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

त्रयाणामपि यस्तेषां तस्मिन्नहनि निर्वपेत् । स इष्टां लभते नारीं सिद्धिं च मनसि स्थिताम्

Transliteration

trayāṇāmapi yasteṣāṃ tasminnahani nirvapet | sa iṣṭāṃ labhate nārīṃ siddhiṃ ca manasi sthitām

Translation

Whoever makes an offering on that day to those three obtains a desired woman (spouse) and also the fulfillment he has held within his mind.

Word by Word

• त्रयाणाम्: of the three
• त्रयाणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तस्मिन्: on that
• तस्मिन्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहनि)

• अहनि: day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निर्वपेत्: should offer/scatter (as offering)
• निर्वपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + वप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इष्टाम्: desired
• इष्टाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नारीम्)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नारीम्: a woman
• नारीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• मनसि: in the mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थिताम्: situated/abiding
• स्थिताम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सिद्धिम्)

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers gifts to three revered presences near the shrine—kingly figure, ascetic sage, and the maiden—on an auspicious day; the devotee’s inner wish is symbolized as a lotus emerging from the heart.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Jābāli
• Kumārī
• Dāna/Offering

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual generosity at a sanctified place, performed on the proper occasion, is presented as a means to attain worldly and inwardly cherished goals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrapīṭha, where the three figures connected to the kṣetra-legend are present.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Make an offering (nirvapana/dāna-style oblation) on the specified day to the three associated figures.