Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

नीले च पूजिते यस्मिन्पूजितं सकलं जगत् । स्निग्धग्रासप्रदानेन जगदाप्यायितं भवेत्

Transliteration

nīle ca pūjite yasminpūjitaṃ sakalaṃ jagat | snigdhagrāsapradānena jagadāpyāyitaṃ bhavet

Translation

Quand Nīla est vénéré, c’est comme si le monde entier l’avait été. Et en offrant des bouchées nourrissantes et onctueuses, on devient cause du réconfort et du bien-être du monde.

Word by Word

• nīle: in/when (the) Nīla (one)
• nīle: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in/when Nīla is worshipped)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūjite: when (it/he) is worshipped
• pūjite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• yasmin: in whom/wherein
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• pūjitam: is worshipped
• pūjitam: Kriyā (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• snigdha-grāsa-pradānena: by the giving of unctuous morsels
• snigdha-grāsa-pradānena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snigdha (प्रातिपदिक) + grāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (snigdha-grāsaḥ pradīyate yena / snigdhasya grāsasya pradānam)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• āpyāyitam: is nourished/satisfied
• āpyāyitam: Kriyā (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pyā (धातु) + ita (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice not explicit in the snippet (context: Tīrthamāhātmya narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-kṣetra / Nīleśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Nīla-Śiva; alongside, attendants distribute warm, ghee-scented morsels to pilgrims and ascetics, symbolizing the world being ‘refreshed’.

Characters & Entities

• Nīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship at a sanctified locus (Nīla) and compassionate food-giving are treated as world-embracing acts of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred Nīla-associated tīrtha or shrine (named simply as “Nīla” in the verse) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snigdha-grāsa-pradāna—offering nourishing, unctuous morsels of food (a form of annadāna).