Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अनया भार्यया मह्यं मान्या या स्थापिता पुरा । दुर्गाऽस्याश्चात्र नाम्ना वै भूयात्ख्याताऽत्र सत्पुरे

Transliteration

anayā bhāryayā mahyaṃ mānyā yā sthāpitā purā | durgā'syāścātra nāmnā vai bhūyātkhyātā'tra satpure

Translation

«Y esta Diosa venerable, que antaño fue establecida aquí para mí por esta esposa—que en esta noble ciudad sea, en verdad, célebre con el nombre de “Durgā”.»

Word by Word

• अनया: by this (woman)
• अनया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भार्यया: by (my) wife
• भार्यया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• मान्या: worthy of honor
• मान्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दुर्गा/सा)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्थापिता: was established
• स्थापिता: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय्; क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः (set up/established)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• दुर्गा: Durgā
• दुर्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्याः: of her/this (goddess)
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed)

• भूयात्: may it become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ख्याता: renowned, famous
• ख्याता: Predicate complement
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्-क्रियायाः पूरक-विशेषणम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सत्पुरे: in the good city
• सत्पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सत् पुरम्)

Speaker

Puṣpa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgā (shrine within the satpura)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Devī shrine in a noble city: the goddess honored and newly renowned as Durgā; a patron-wife figure indicated as the earlier establisher; offerings, lamps, and protective iconography (lion, weapons) suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Installing and honoring the Devī in a sacred locale establishes enduring spiritual protection and holy reputation for the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘satpura’ (noble city) where a Devī shrine is to be famed as Durgā; the precise city name is not provided in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies pratimā/śrīdevī-sthāpanā (installation) and the formal naming by which the shrine becomes known.