Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सदा स्मरस्य संस्थानं मम वाक्याद्भविष्यति । नागवल्लीति वै नाम तस्याश्चक्रे ततः परम्

Transliteration

sadā smarasya saṃsthānaṃ mama vākyādbhaviṣyati | nāgavallīti vai nāma tasyāścakre tataḥ param

Translation

«Por mi palabra, será por siempre un asiento de Smara (Kāma).» Después de ello, le otorgó formalmente el nombre de «Nāgavallī».

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्मरस्य: of Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• संस्थानम्: form/appearance
• संस्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative: from)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नागवल्ली: Nāgavallī
• नागवल्ली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इति-शब्देन सह नामनिर्देशः

• इति: thus/‘…’
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशसूचक (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामार्थे (as ‘the name’)

• तस्याः: of it/of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चक्रे: made/assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Discourse marker (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/कारण/अपादानार्थक (then/thereafter/from that)

• परम्: further/after that
• परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially: further)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājā/pṛthivīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanvantari pronounces that the place will be Smara’s abode; the creeper is ceremonially named Nāgavallī, with subtle motifs of spring and love.

Characters & Entities

• Smara (Kāma)
• Nāgavallī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma sacralizes both place and practice: a site and even a plant become worthy of remembrance when linked to divine intention.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A locale treated as ‘Smara’s established seat’ within this tīrtha narrative (connected with the Nāgavallī origin tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse provides sacral etiology (why the plant and place carry religious-cultural significance).