Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
महत्त्वं ते मया दत्तमद्यप्रभृति शोभने । महालक्ष्मीति ते नाम तस्मादत्र भविष्यति
Transliteration
mahattvaṃ te mayā dattamadyaprabhṛti śobhane | mahālakṣmīti te nāma tasmādatra bhaviṣyati
Translation
Wahai yang bercahaya, mulai hari ini Aku menganugerahkan kepadamu keagungan; maka di sini namamu akan menjadi ‘Mahālakṣmī’.
Word by Word
महत्त्वम्greatness, eminence
महत्त्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + त्व प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
दत्तम्given
दत्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (given)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
प्रभृतिfrom (this time) onward
प्रभृति:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रभृति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आरम्भार्थक (from... onwards)
शोभनेO beautiful one
शोभने:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootशोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
महालक्ष्मीMahālakṣmī
महालक्ष्मी:
Visheshana (Appellation/विशेषण-नाम)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; इति-सम्बन्धेन नामरूपेण (as a name)
इतिthus, as
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
नामname
नाम:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
तस्मात्therefore, from that (reason)
तस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
Speaker
Brahmā
Characters & Entities
B
BrahmāM
Mahālakṣmī (Lakṣmī)FAQs
A sacred name carries theological power—marking grace, identity, and the beginning of a new auspicious dispensation.
The verse implies a localized ‘here’ within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Māhātmya setting, but does not specify the toponym in this excerpt.
Not directly; it establishes the authoritative name used for subsequent worship and merit.