Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूतौवाच । तथान्यापि च तत्रास्ति सुविख्याताम्बरेवती । देवी कामप्रदा पुंसां बालकानां सुखप्रदा

Transliteration

sūtauvāca | tathānyāpi ca tatrāsti suvikhyātāmbarevatī | devī kāmapradā puṃsāṃ bālakānāṃ sukhapradā

Translation

スータは言った。「さらにその地には、名高きアンバレー・ヴァティー女神がまします。女神は人々に望む成就を授け、幼子らに安楽を与え給う。」

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• anyā: another
• anyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (particle: also)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• asti: is, exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• su-vikhyātā: well-known, famous
• su-vikhyātā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vikhyāta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) विशेषण; उपपद-पूर्वक (well-renowned)

• ambarevatī: Ambarevatī (name of the goddess/place)
• ambarevatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ambarevatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kāma-pradā: granting desires
• kāma-pradā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (kāmān pradāti iti)

• puṃsām: of men / for people
• puṃsām: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• bālakānām: of children / for children
• bālakānām: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• sukha-pradā: granting happiness
• sukha-pradā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + pradā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (sukhaṃ pradāti iti)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambarevatī

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small but radiant shrine of Devī Ambarevatī within the tīrtha-town: the goddess enthroned, benevolent, with devotees—men seeking boons and mothers presenting children for blessing; the sky/‘ambara’ motif subtly frames her renown.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Ambarevatī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Local goddesses in tīrtha landscapes are upheld as compassionate powers who grant both worldly welfare and familial happiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the place where Ambarevatī is established within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting (the immediate local tīrtha/settlement of the narrative).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; the verse introduces the deity and her boons.