Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पुष्पोपि स्थापयामास पुष्पादित्यमथापरम् । पुण्ये सरस्वतीतीरे ततः पूजापरोऽभवत्

Transliteration

puṣpopi sthāpayāmāsa puṣpādityamathāparam | puṇye sarasvatītīre tataḥ pūjāparo'bhavat

Translation

Puṣpa établit lui aussi une autre divinité, Puṣpāditya. Sur la rive sacrée de la Sarasvatī, il devint dès lors entièrement voué au culte.

Word by Word

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa (proper name)
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक निपात (also/even)

• स्थापयामास: installed/caused to be set up
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: caused to be placed/installed)

• पुष्पादित्यम्: Puṣpāditya (name of a liṅga/deity)
• पुष्पादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुष्प-आदित्यः नाम)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (then/now)

• अपरम्: another
• अपरम्: Karma (Secondary object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied object)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीरे)

• सरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of the Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती + तीर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सरस्वत्याः तीरम्)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• पूजापरः: devoted to worship
• पूजापरः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा + पर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूजायां परः = devoted to worship)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīra (puṇya-tīra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a serene riverbank with flowing (or symbolically present) Sarasvatī waters, Puṣpa establishes a solar deity named Puṣpāditya, then continues devoted worship amid reeds, steps, and a small shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Puṣpāditya
• Sarasvatī-tīra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating a deity at a tīrtha and maintaining regular worship transforms one’s life into sustained dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī-tīra—the meritorious bank of the Sarasvatī river—within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā) and continued pūjā (regular worship) at the tīrtha.