Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तं तन्महानवमीदिनम् । विशेषाद्यत्र भूपालाः पूजयन्ति सुरेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāptaṃ tanmahānavamīdinam | viśeṣādyatra bhūpālāḥ pūjayanti sureśvarīm

Translation

Entre-temps advint le jour de Mahānavamī, particulièrement renommé comme l’occasion où les rois rendent un culte à la Déesse, Sureśvarī, Souveraine des dieux.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Visheshana (Qualifier of antare)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• antare: in the meantime
• antare: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval/meanwhile

• prāptam: arrived/occurred
• prāptam: Kriya (Predicate; impersonal)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि = arrived/occurred

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier of dinam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahānavamīdinam: the day of Mahānavamī
• mahānavamīdinam: Karta (Subject of prāptam; event)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + navamī (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (महानवम्याः दिनम्) = the day of Mahānavamī

• viśeṣāt: especially
• viśeṣāt: Kriya-viseshana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनस्य अव्ययीभावः (ablative used adverbially): especially/particularly

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• bhūpālāḥ: kings
• bhūpālāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूः पालाः) = kings

• pūjayanti: worship
• pūjayanti: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• sureśvarīm: Sureśvarī (Goddess)
• sureśvarīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sureśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (with Devī worship on Mahānavamī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahānavamī festival scene: kings and nobles offering worship to the Goddess Sureśvarī—altar with lamps, flowers, weapons/insignia offered, priests chanting; the kṣetra feels charged with auspicious power.

Characters & Entities

• Mahānavamī
• Sureśvarī (Devī/Durgā)
• Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Royal power is sanctified through devotion; rulers uphold dharma by honoring the Divine Mother, source of protection and victory.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Within the chapter’s flow, the worship is set in the context of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, where the sacred observance gains heightened significance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Sureśvarī on Mahānavamī is indicated as a special observance, particularly associated with kings.