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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

विष्णुरुवाच । ममापि वद देवेशि कीदृक्तन्मन्त्रपञ्चकम् । यत्त्वयाऽनुष्ठितं पूर्वं तया तासां निवेदि तम्

Transliteration

viṣṇuruvāca | mamāpi vada deveśi kīdṛktanmantrapañcakam | yattvayā'nuṣṭhitaṃ pūrvaṃ tayā tāsāṃ nivedi tam

Translation

Viṣṇu dit : «Dis-le-moi aussi, ô Reine des dieux : de quelle nature est ce mantra-pañcaka de cinq ? Comme tu l’as pratiqué jadis, ainsi décris-le-leur».

Word by Word
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (particle: ‘also’)
वदtell, speak
वद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)
देवेशिO mistress of the gods
देवेशि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशी) (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)
कीदृक्of what kind
कीदृक्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकीदृश् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण (Interrogative adjective, Neuter, Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Singular)
मन्त्रपञ्चकम्set of five mantras
मन्त्रपञ्चकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Singular)
यत्which (that which)
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)
अनुष्ठितम्performed, practiced
अनुष्ठितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु + स्था (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
पूर्वम्formerly
पूर्वम्:
Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘formerly’)
तयाby that (means), thereby
तया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)
तासाम्to/for them (lit. of them)
तासाम्:
Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural)
निवेदिpresent, communicate
निवेदि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + विद् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu respectfully addresses Devī/Lakṣmī, requesting the exact mantra-pañcaka and its method of practice; the scene conveys mutual reverence and sacred pedagogy.

Characters & Entities
V
Viṣṇu

FAQs

Purāṇic teaching stresses correct transmission: practices should be shared as authentically performed (yathā-anuṣṭhāna).

The instruction occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya portion of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

The verse requests the exact form of the five-mantra set used for prior worship, indicating a standardized mantra-vidhi.

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