Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेणानेन भवतीं स्तुत्वा च कुरुते नतिम् । तस्य संवत्सरं यावद्रोगो रक्ष्यस्त्वयाऽखिलः

Transliteration

stotreṇānena bhavatīṃ stutvā ca kurute natim | tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadrogo rakṣyastvayā'khilaḥ

Translation

—et te loue par cet hymne puis se prosterne avec révérence : pour cette personne, durant une année entière, toute maladie doit être tenue à l’écart par toi.

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रेण: by (this) hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by/with a hymn)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun agreeing with स्तोत्रेण

• भवतीम्: you (lady/goddess)
• भवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (addressed deity/lady)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having praised’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुरुते: does/makes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present 3rd sg (he does/makes)

• नतिम्: a bow/salutation
• नतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular

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

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (duration)

• यावत्: as long as / up to
• यावत्: Kāla-nirdesha (Time delimiter/कालनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्धशब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• रोगः: disease
• रोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• रक्ष्यः: is to be warded off
• रक्ष्यः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कालिक कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘to be protected/should be guarded’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by you)

• अखिलः: entire/all
• अखिलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with रोगः

Speaker

Dhārā (completing the requested benefit for devotees)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī) shrine in Nāgara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a Devī shrine, hands folded, reciting a hymn; after the stotra he bows fully, while a subtle aura of protection encircles him, signifying illness kept at bay for a year.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• stotra
• roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent praise and surrender at a tīrtha invite divine protection, expressed here as freedom from illness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Devī-shrine where this stotra is recited for protection (Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise the Goddess with the given stotra and perform namaskāra (nati) as part of worship.