Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न नास्तिकाय देवेशि न सुवर्णेतराय च । अस्ति देवि महासिद्धा पुण्या न्यंकुमती नदी

Transliteration

na nāstikāya deveśi na suvarṇetarāya ca | asti devi mahāsiddhā puṇyā nyaṃkumatī nadī

Translation

«Ce n’est pas pour l’incrédule, ô Déesse, ni pour celui qui manque de vraie valeur. Ô Devī, il existe la rivière Nyanku-matī, très sainte et d’une puissance d’accomplissement suprême.»

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• nāstikāya: to an atheist
• nāstikāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāstika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• deveśi: O goddess (lady of gods)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• suvarṇa-itarāya: to one other than (seeking) gold / to a non-gold-seeker
• suvarṇa-itarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (suvarṇāt itaraḥ = other than gold)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• mahāsiddhā: greatly accomplished
• mahāsiddhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + siddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् सिद्धा)

• puṇyā: holy
• puṇyā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nyaṃkumatī: Nyaṃkumatī (river name)
• nyaṃkumatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyaṃkumatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नदी-नाम

• nadī: river
• nadī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyanku-matī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara names the holy river Nyanku-matī as supremely efficacious, while warning that the teaching is not for nāstikas or the unworthy; the river is envisioned as luminous and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Nyanku-matī River
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith and inner worth are prerequisites for benefiting from and responsibly receiving tīrtha-glories.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The holy river Nyanku-matī in Prabhāsa-kṣetra is introduced as highly efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An eligibility rule is implied: this teaching is not for nāstikas and the unfit.