Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
नवशाखः पंचकल्पस्त्वया कार्यः सुखावहः
Transliteration
navaśākhaḥ paṃcakalpastvayā kāryaḥ sukhāvahaḥ
Translation
Tu devrais entreprendre la discipline des "Neuf Branches" et des "Cinq Kalpas", car cela apporte le bien-être.
Word by Word
नवशाखःhaving nine branches
नवशाखः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव + शाख (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (नव शाखाः यस्य)
पञ्चकल्पःconsisting of five kalpas
पञ्चकल्पः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च + कल्प (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (पञ्च कल्पाः यस्य)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
कार्यःshould be done/made
कार्यः:
Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formणीयत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: to be done), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सुखावहःbringing happiness
सुखावहः:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (सुखम् आवहति इति)
Speaker
Nārada
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pippalāda
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nārada instructs Pippalāda to undertake two named disciplines—Nine-Branches and Five-Kalpas—promising well-being; the scene is a calm transmission of a ritual program.
Characters & Entities
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NāradaFAQs
Happiness and spiritual steadiness come through disciplined, scripturally guided observance.
No site is named in this single line; it presents a practice within the broader tīrtha framework.
Undertaking “navaśākha” and “pañcakalpa” as a prescribed observance (anushthāna).