Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

देवस्यास्य प्रपूजार्थं मर्त्यलोकसु खाय च । ब्राह्मणानां प्रपूजार्थं सर्वेषां भवतामिह

Transliteration

devasyāsya prapūjārthaṃ martyalokasu khāya ca | brāhmaṇānāṃ prapūjārthaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhavatāmiha

Translation

«Pour le culte accompli de cette Divinité—et pour le bien-être dans le monde des mortels—et aussi pour rendre aux brāhmaṇa l’honneur qui leur est dû, que vous tous ici entrepreniez cela.»

Word by Word

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• प्रपूजार्थम्: for the purpose of special worship
• प्रपूजार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपूजा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/उद्देश्यवाचक (purpose: ‘प्रपूजायै अर्थः’)

• मर्त्यलोकसुखाय: for the happiness of the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकसुखाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्यलोक + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘मर्त्यलोकस्य सुखम्’)

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

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रपूजार्थम्: for the purpose of special worship
• प्रपूजार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपूजा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); उद्देश्यवाचक-समास (purpose)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भवताम्: of you (honored ones)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); आदरार्थे (honorific)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Contextual (within Viśvāmitra’s narration in this adhyāya; exact speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A directive is issued: undertake full worship of the deity and proper honoring of brāhmaṇas for prosperity and wellbeing in the mortal world.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Brāhmaṇas
• Martyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship includes reverence to the Deity and respectful honoring of Brāhmaṇas, yielding both worldly welfare and dharmic merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Bālamaṇḍanatīrtha/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper pūjā (complete worship) and Brāhmaṇa-prapūjā (formal honoring of Brāhmaṇas) are emphasized.