Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

कृतनामाऽथ सा बाला वृद्धिं याति दिनेदिने । आह्लादकारिणी नित्यं कला चांद्रमसी यथा

Transliteration

kṛtanāmā'tha sā bālā vṛddhiṃ yāti dinedine | āhlādakāriṇī nityaṃ kalā cāṃdramasī yathā

Translation

Une fois nommée, la fillette grandissait de jour en jour, apportant sans cesse la joie, telle la clarté lunaire qui croît.

Word by Word

• kṛta-nāmā: having received a name; named
• kṛta-nāmā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त, क्त) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कृतं नाम यस्याः सा’ (having been given a name)

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (Discourse marker/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्ययम् (then/thereupon)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• bālā: the girl
• bālā: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• vṛddhim: growth; increase
• vṛddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• yāti: goes; attains
• yāti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• dine: in (each) day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• dine: in (each) day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्ति (day by day)

• āhlāda-kāriṇī: delight-causing
• āhlāda-kāriṇī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āhlāda (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः—‘आह्लादं करोति’ (causing delight)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययप्रयोगः (always)

• kalā: (moon-)digit; phase
• kalā: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• āṃdramasī: lunar
• āṃdramasī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāndramasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; चन्द्रसम्बन्धिनी (lunar)

• yathā: as; like
• yathā: Upama-marker (Comparison/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्ययम् (as/like)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karṇotpalā (implied)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (implicit continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The girl Karṇotpalā grows day by day, radiating joy; behind her, a waxing moon with a visible kalā symbolizes her increasing charm and auspiciousness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious beginnings (like naming) and righteous care lead to steady, joy-giving growth—compared to the moon’s waxing phase.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.