Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

किं वाचा बहुनोक्तेन भूयोभूयो द्विजोत्तमाः । या तासां क्रियते पूजा एकादशगुणा भवेत्

Transliteration

kiṃ vācā bahunoktena bhūyobhūyo dvijottamāḥ | yā tāsāṃ kriyate pūjā ekādaśaguṇā bhavet

Translation

Ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, à quoi bon parler longuement, encore et encore ? Tout culte rendu à ces formes devient onze fois plus méritoire.

Word by Word

• किम्: what (use)
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — interrogative (what?)

• वाचा: with words/speech
• वाचा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by speech)

• बहुना: with much
• बहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (with much)

• उक्तेन: by saying (much)
• उक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वच् धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (by what is said)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• तासाम्: of those (forms)
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — Genitive plural (of those)

• क्रियते: is performed
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), कर्मणि प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present passive, 3rd person singular

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• एकादशगुणा: elevenfold
• एकादशगुणा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular agreeing with पूजा; समासः तत्पुरुष (एकादश गुणाः यस्याः सा)

• भवेत्: would be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Rudra/Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada precinct (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottamas (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord concludes succinctly: worship offered to those forms becomes elevenfold—an emphatic phala-śruti moment, with brāhmaṇas receiving the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijottamāḥ
• Ekādaśa-guṇa (elevenfold merit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship at a consecrated kṣetra multiplies spiritual merit; sacred geography intensifies devotion’s fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship pertains to the eleven forms established in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā to the established forms; its fruit is stated as ‘elevenfold’.