Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

त्वमस्य संगतो भावि विख्याता विंध्यवासिनी । किं ते वा बहुनोक्तेन शृणु संक्षेपतो वचः

Transliteration

tvamasya saṃgato bhāvi vikhyātā viṃdhyavāsinī | kiṃ te vā bahunoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato vacaḥ

Translation

Tu seras liée à ce lieu et tu deviendras célèbre sous le nom de Vindhyavāsinī. Mais à quoi bon tant de paroles ? Écoute l’essentiel en peu de mots.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• संगता: associated/united
• संगता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भावि: to be / future
• भावि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत्/भाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाविन्-प्रत्यय (future/going to be)

• विख्याता: renowned
• विख्याता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• विंध्यवासिनी: Vindhya-dweller (name/epithet of the Goddess)
• विंध्यवासिनी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिनी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वस् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (विंध्येषु वसति इति)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन (ते = to you/for you)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (particle: or/indeed)

• बहुना: with much (talk)
• बहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारार्थ (with much)

• उक्तेन: by speaking/with words said
• उक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वच् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (by what is said)

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: briefly/in summary)

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhyavāsinī-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A declarative moment of kṣetra-identity: the Goddess is foretold to be linked with the place and famed as Vindhyavāsinī; the speaker urges brevity—transitioning from event to pilgrimage instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhyavāsinī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A deity’s name and fame arise from her living presence in a sacred landscape, binding divinity to place (sthala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vindhya region and a Devī abode associated with the epithet Vindhyavāsinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it introduces a concise teaching about her future renown and association with the site.