Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

भवानि त्वं भयं नित्यमशिवानां पवित्रकृत् । शिवा नामपि दात्री त्वं तपसामपि त्वं फलम्

Transliteration

bhavāni tvaṃ bhayaṃ nityamaśivānāṃ pavitrakṛt | śivā nāmapi dātrī tvaṃ tapasāmapi tvaṃ phalam

Translation

Ô Bhavānī, Tu es sans cesse la crainte des impurs et l’artisane de la pureté. Tu accordes même le nom de « Śivā », et Tu es Toi-même le fruit des austérités.

Word by Word

• भवानि: O Bhavānī
• भवानि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (singular)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always)

• अशिवानाम्: of the inauspicious/impure (people)
• अशिवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (plural)

• पवित्रकृत्: purifier (maker of purity)
• पवित्रकृत्: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कृद्/कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्म-तत्पुरुष: ‘पवित्रं करोति’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• शिवा: Śivā (auspicious goddess)
• शिवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• नाम: indeed/by name
• नाम: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: indeed/by name)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• दात्री: giver
• दात्री: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• तपसाम्: of austerities
• तपसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Discourse particle (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Nārada (contextual attribution within Brahma–Nārada-saṃvāda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada (frame); audience of sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hymn-scene: a sage/devotee praises Bhavānī as the purifier of the impure; Devī appears radiant, bestowing śivattva and the fruit of austerities.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Śivā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification and the fulfillment of austerities culminate in the grace and realization of the Devī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The praise is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as a means whose ultimate fruit is the Devī’s grace, though no specific vrata is detailed here.