Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

नर्मदाजलसंभूतं विश्वपूज्यं भविष्यति । एवमुक्त्वा ततस्तुष्टा हरस्तोत्रं चकार ह

Transliteration

narmadājalasaṃbhūtaṃ viśvapūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati | evamuktvā tatastuṣṭā harastotraṃ cakāra ha

Translation

«Né des eaux de la Narmadā, il sera vénéré par le monde entier.» Ayant ainsi parlé, elle, comblée, composa alors un hymne de louange à Hara.

Word by Word

• नर्मदाजलसंभूतम्: arisen from the waters of the Narmadā
• नर्मदाजलसंभूतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर्मदा + जल + संभूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) ‘संभूत’; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — नर्मदायाः जलेन/जलात् संभूतम्

• विश्वपूज्यम्: worthy of worship by the whole world
• विश्वपूज्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व + पूज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पूज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त ‘पूज्य’ (gerundive/तव्यत्-अर्थ: worthy of worship); समासः (तत्पुरुष) — विश्वेन पूज्यम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having said’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √तुष्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP) — satisfied/pleased

• हरस्तोत्रम्: a hymn to Hari
• हरस्तोत्रम्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर + स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — हरेः स्तोत्रम्

• चकार: made / composed
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Girijā (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā-jala-sambhūta Liṅga (name not specified in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Girijā declares that a liṅga born from Narmadā waters will be worshipped by the whole world; then she joyfully composes a hymn to Hara.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Hara (Śiva)
• Liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters and sacred icons are linked: the Narmadā’s purity gives rise to a liṅga destined for universal worship, and gratitude expresses itself as stotra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā is explicitly praised as the source-water; the broader tīrtha context is Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 254), though the precise shrine name is not given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed, but stotra (hymnic praise) is presented as an appropriate devotional response.