Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तव पूजा करिष्यन्ति ये नरा भक्तितत्पराः । मातॄणां संमतास्ते स्युः सर्वदैव सुखान्विताः

Transliteration

tava pūjā kariṣyanti ye narā bhaktitatparāḥ | mātṝṇāṃ saṃmatāste syuḥ sarvadaiva sukhānvitāḥ

Translation

Those people who perform your worship with devotion as their sole aim will be approved by the Mothers (the Mātṛs) and will always be endowed with happiness.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भक्ति-तत्पराः: intent on devotion
• भक्ति-तत्पराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of नराः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (भक्तौ तत्पराः = devoted to devotion)

• मातॄणाम्: of the mothers
• मातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संमताः: approved
• संमताः: Pratipādya (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+मन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘approved/accepted’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्युः: would be/may be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सुख-अन्विताः: endowed with happiness
• सुख-अन्विताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier of ते)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; अन्वि+इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सुखेन अन्विताः = endowed with happiness)

Speaker

Śiva (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of devotees worshipping with focused devotion; the Mātṛs appear above or behind the shrine, bestowing blessings; the devotees’ faces show contentment and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Mātṛs (Divine Mothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion sanctifies worship and brings divine approval, resulting in lasting well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Pādukā worship narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the worship with bhakti-tatparatā (single-minded devotion) to gain the Mātṛs’ favor.