Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

देवगिरी च देवाली मेघ रागानुगा इमा । त्रोटकी मीडकी चैव नरादुम्बी तथैव च

Transliteration

devagirī ca devālī megha rāgānugā imā | troṭakī mīḍakī caiva narādumbī tathaiva ca

Translation

Devagirī y Devālī: estas rāgiṇīs siguen al rāga Megha; y también (se mencionan) Troṭakī, Mīḍakī y asimismo Narādumbī.

Word by Word

• devagirī: Devagirī (a named entity)
• devagirī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devagirī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः देव + गिरि (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/‘देवस्य गिरिः’ इत्यर्थे)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• devālī: Devālī (a named entity)
• devālī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• megha: Megha (a named entity)
• megha: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: megha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (नामरूपेण)

• rāgānugā: following the rāga (melodic mode)
• rāgānugā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rāga + anugā (प्रातिपदिक; अनु√गम् (धातु) से)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः rāga + anugā (तत्पुरुषः: ‘रागम् अनुगच्छति’/‘रागानुगामिनी’)

• imāḥ: these (feminine plural)
• imāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• troṭakī: Troṭakī (a named entity)
• troṭakī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: troṭakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mīḍakī: Mīḍakī (a named entity)
• mīḍakī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mīḍakī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• narādumbī: Narādumbī (a named entity)
• narādumbī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara + ādumbī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः nara + ādumbī (तत्पुरुषः; नामरूपेण)

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed/also
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A monsoon sky with dark clouds; Megha-rāga personified as a deity-musician; Devagirī and Devālī as two luminous rāgiṇīs with rain-garlands; other rāgiṇīs dance with peacock-feather fans; rivers swell near a temple.

Characters & Entities

• Megha
• Devagirī
• Devālī
• Troṭakī
• Mīḍakī
• Narādumbī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa frames musical modes as devotional attendants, suggesting harmony and order as forms of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to a tīrtha-glorification section, but this verse is primarily a musical catalog rather than a geographical description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it continues the descriptive listing of rāga-following rāgiṇīs.