Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्र तपस्तेपे गौरीं संस्थाप्य भक्तितः । तदग्रे व्रतमास्थाय यथोक्तं शास्त्र संभवम्

Transliteration

tatastatra tapastepe gaurīṃ saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ | tadagre vratamāsthāya yathoktaṃ śāstra saṃbhavam

Translation

Kemudian di sana juga ia menjalani tapa; dengan bhakti ia menegakkan (arca) Gaurī, dan di hadapan Sang Dewī ia menunaikan vrata tepat sebagaimana ditetapkan oleh śāstra.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनुक्रमवाचक — Indeclinable; temporal/sequential adverb

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — Indeclinable; locative adverb

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेपे: performed (austerity)
• तेपे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गौरीम्: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• संस्थाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• संस्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्थाप् (धातु); ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया — having installed/established

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन — Feminine, Ablative, Singular; हेतौ (by reason of)

• तद्: that
• तद्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषण

• अग्रे: in front (of it)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having undertaken
• आस्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु); ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालक्रिया — having undertaken

• यथोक्तम्: as prescribed
• यथोक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; अव्ययीभाव (यथा उक्तम् = as said)

• शास्त्र: of scripture
• शास्त्र: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Singular (समास/निर्देशार्थ)

• सम्भवम्: arising from / based on
• सम्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु) → सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण (व्रतम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A princess-devotee installs an image of Gaurī at the sacred spot, then sits in disciplined austerity, hands in añjali, observing a śāstra-based vow before the Goddess.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes most fruitful when disciplined by śāstra—tapasyā and vrata performed before the Goddess in a prescribed manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya (pilgrimage-glorification) frame, but this snippet does not name the tīrtha explicitly; it emphasizes the rite performed at the sacred spot being narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installing Gaurī and undertaking a śāstra-approved vrata (vow/observance) in the Goddess’s presence.