Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्याभिषेचनं चक्रे स्वयमेव सुरेश्वरी । गीतवाद्यविनोदेन नृत्यमंगलजैः स्वनैः

Transliteration

tasyābhiṣecanaṃ cakre svayameva sureśvarī | gītavādyavinodena nṛtyamaṃgalajaiḥ svanaiḥ

Translation

Sureśvarī elle-même accomplit sa consécration, au milieu des délices du chant et des instruments, avec les sons de bon augure nés de la danse de célébration.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अभिषेचनम्: anointing/abhisheka
• अभिषेचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेचन (प्रातिपदिक; √सिच् (धातु) + अभि- उपसर्ग, भावे ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रे: performed/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयंबोधक अव्यय (adverb: oneself)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: indeed/just)

• सुरेश्वरी: the queen/lady of the gods
• सुरेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सुराणाम् ईश्वरी

• गीतवाद्यविनोदेन: with entertainment of song and music
• गीतवाद्यविनोदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विनोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (समाहार/इतरेतर) — गीतं च वाद्यं च (तयोः) विनोदः; करणत्वेन

• नृत्यमंगलजैः: arising from auspicious dance
• नृत्यमंगलजैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √जन् (धातु) क्त/ज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—नृत्य-मङ्गलात् जातैः (born from auspicious dance) विशेषण (स्वनैः)

• स्वनैः: with sounds
• स्वनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Consecration precinct of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sureśvarī pours sacred water in abhiṣeka over the newly appointed gaṇa-lord; around them musicians play drums, cymbals, and strings while dancers create auspicious rhythms; the air vibrates with mangala sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (Devī/Pārvatī)
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is both sacred and celebratory: devotion expresses itself through ritual purity and communal auspicious rejoicing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a tīrtha-consecration narrative but does not specify a named location in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (consecration/bathing) accompanied by maṅgala (auspicious) music and dance as part of ceremonial worship.