Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

परं तावत्प्रतीक्षस्व मा विमानं समारुह । देवि केनापि कार्येण तव पूजां समाचरे

Transliteration

paraṃ tāvatpratīkṣasva mā vimānaṃ samāruha | devi kenāpi kāryeṇa tava pūjāṃ samācare

Translation

Pero por ahora, espera un poco; no subas al carro celestial. Oh Diosa, por algún medio o pretexto, permite que se realice tu adoración.

Word by Word

• param: for now, further (as a particle)
• param: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative used as particle)

• tāvat: so long, for the time being
• tāvat: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb)

• pratīkṣasva: wait
• pratīkṣasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pratīkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• vimānam: aerial car, vimāna
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• samāruha: mount, ascend
• samāruha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-ruh (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kena: by what, by some
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-सर्वनाम

• api: even, also, any
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; enclitic)

• kāryeṇa: by a task, for some purpose
• kāryeṇa: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

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

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

• samācare: perform
• samācare: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (likely a ritual officiant or respected sage addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priestly figure implores the Goddess not to mount the celestial chariot yet; the vimāna waits, luminous, while preparations for worship are arranged.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Vimāna (celestial chariot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship and due ritual honor take precedence; divine grace is welcomed through pūjā before proceeding to the next state or journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting frames a tīrtha-linked event where Devī’s worship is treated as essential.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing Devī’s pūjā before she ‘ascends the vimāna’—i.e., before the culmination/transition of the episode.