Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तां देवीमिह संश्रयेत् । सर्वकामप्रदां नृणां तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थिताम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tāṃ devīmiha saṃśrayet | sarvakāmapradāṃ nṛṇāṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitām

Translation

અતએવ સર્વ પ્રયત્નથી અહીં તે દેવીએ શરણ લેવી જોઈએ; તે આ ક્ષેત્રમાં સ્થિત છે અને મનુષ્યોને સર્વ કામનાઓ આપે છે।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्) = ablatival adverb 'therefore/from that'

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वः प्रयत्नः' = with all effort

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• saṃśrayet: should take refuge in
• saṃśrayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√śri (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'should take refuge/should resort to'

• sarva-kāma-pradām: granting all desires
• sarva-kāma-pradām: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pra-√dā (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समास: 'सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति या' = giver of all desires; प्रद = दा-धातोः शतृ/कृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण-प्रयोग (प्रदा)

• nṛṇām: of men
• nṛṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṣetre: in the sacred place/field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• vyavasthitām: situated
• vyavasthitām: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-ava-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'situated/established' (देवीम् विशेषयति)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta in frame narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee kneels at the threshold of the Devī’s shrine, hands folded in surrender; the Goddess is envisioned as present within the kṣetra, radiating assurance of protection and fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (unnamed)
• Kṣetra (sacred site)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṣetra-devatā devotion—taking śaraṇa (refuge) in the presiding Goddess—is upheld as a powerful path to fulfillment and welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 64 where a Devī is ‘established’; the verse does not supply the site-name by itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and sustained devotion to the Devī residing in the kṣetra.