Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नैवंविधा तु लोकेऽस्मिन्पूजा देवस्य संस्थिता । कस्यचिद्यादृशी तेऽद्य मया संप्रतिपादिता

Transliteration

naivaṃvidhā tu loke'sminpūjā devasya saṃsthitā | kasyacidyādṛśī te'dya mayā saṃpratipāditā

Translation

En ce monde, nul culte rendu à une divinité n’est établi de la sorte—tel que je te l’ai exposé aujourd’hui.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negative particle)

• एवंविधा: of such a kind
• एवंविधा: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (evaṃ- as adverbial qualifier)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संस्थिता: is established
• संस्थिता: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃsthita (प्रातिपदिक; √sthā (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय, उपसर्ग: sam-)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone/anyone's
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kas + cit (प्रातिपदिक + निपात)
• Form: अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• यादृशी: such as, of the kind that
• यादृशी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संप्रतिपादिता: has been explained/presented
• संप्रतिपादिता: Kriyā (Predicative participle/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-prati-√pad (धातु) → saṃpratipādita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय, causative/णिच्-भाव)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Viṣṇu (direct speech).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, calm and radiant, declares the worship-method unparalleled; listeners (devas/being) show astonishment; the scene hints at the formal ‘founding’ of a ritual tradition at a sacred place.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripturally guided worship is a special, potent dharmic method; correct vidhi (procedure) matters in spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a mode of worship within a māhātmya chapter; the specific tīrtha is not named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It endorses a particular pūjā-vidhi (method of worship) just explained by Viṣṇu, though details are in the surrounding verses.