Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

आश्विनस्य सिते पक्षे सर्वैर्नागैः समन्विता । प्रपूजां ते विधास्यामि श्रद्धया परया युता

Transliteration

āśvinasya site pakṣe sarvairnāgaiḥ samanvitā | prapūjāṃ te vidhāsyāmi śraddhayā parayā yutā

Translation

Dans la quinzaine claire d’Āśvina, accompagnée de tous les Nāgas, j’accomplirai pour toi le culte plénier, animée d’une foi suprême.

Word by Word

• आश्विनस्य: of Āśvina (month)
• आश्विनस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सिते: in the bright (half)
• सिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• नागैः: by/with nāgas
• नागैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• समन्विता: accompanied/attended
• समन्विता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रपूजाम्: special worship/complete worship
• प्रपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dative/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विधास्यामि: I will perform/arrange
• विधास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+धा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परया: supreme/great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Revatī (Śeṣavallabhā), inferred from immediate narrative context before Devyuvāca

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī-sthāna Devī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Āśvina bright fortnight, Revatī arrives with all Nāgas to conduct an elaborate worship of the Goddess with supreme faith.

Characters & Entities

• Āśvina
• Śukla Pakṣa
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective devotion offered with ‘parā śraddhā’ (supreme faith) magnifies the sanctity of the rite and the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tīrthamāhātmya setting of Nāgara Khaṇḍa—where the Devī is worshipped and later said to reside—forms the sacred locus of this vow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing an elaborate/complete pūjā during Āśvina’s bright fortnight, in a congregational mode (with all Nāgas).