Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि मानवो यो मां रूपेणा नेनसंस्थिताम् । पूजयिष्यति चात्रैव समं देवेन शंभुना

Transliteration

anyo'pi mānavo yo māṃ rūpeṇā nenasaṃsthitām | pūjayiṣyati cātraiva samaṃ devena śaṃbhunā

Translation

And any other person who worships me here, established in this very form, shall gain merit equal to that of worshipping the god Śambhu himself.

Word by Word

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; मानवः-विशेषणम्

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपातः (also/even)

• मानवः: a man; human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• रूपेण: by form; in form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देशार्थक (with this)

• संस्थिताम्: situated; established
• संस्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; माम्-विशेषणम् (me, who is situated/established)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—पूज्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: here)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphasis/only)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः/क्रियाविशेषणम् (as an adverb: equally)

• देवेन: with the god
• देवेन: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• शंभुना: with Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; शिव-नाम

Speaker

A goddess/deity speaking (implied; likely the presiding devatā of the tīrtha/manifest form being worshipped)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King and, by extension, all humans

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated deity-form stands at a shrine; devotees offer pūjā, while an inscription-like proclamation declares the worship’s merit equal to Śiva’s worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Mānava (devotee/worshipper)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered with devotion at a sanctified manifestation is accepted as worship of the supreme deity; sacred place and sacred form intensify merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “atraiva”—this very tīrtha location in Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya, where the deity is present in a particular form (name not specified in this line alone).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (formal worship) of the deity in the stated form at that very place.