Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । यो मामनेन रूपेण स्थापयिष्यति मानवः । तस्य मोक्षं प्रदास्यामि पापस्यापि न संशयः

Transliteration

devyuvāca | yo māmanena rūpeṇa sthāpayiṣyati mānavaḥ | tasya mokṣaṃ pradāsyāmi pāpasyāpi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

女神は仰せになった。「このまさにこの御姿にて我を安置する人には、我は解脱を授けよう。たとえ罪ある者であっても、疑いはない。」

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/Mode)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रूपेण: in (this) form
• रूपेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/Mode)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थापयिष्यति: will establish/install
• स्थापयिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थापय् (धातु; causative of स्थाप्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-अव्यय (particle: ‘even/also’)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī solemnly declares a definitive promise: whoever installs her in this form receives mokṣa, even if burdened with sin; the atmosphere is grave, compassionate, and absolute.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through establishing the Goddess is portrayed as so powerful that it can culminate in mokṣa, transcending prior sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, praising the sacred locale where Kelīśvarī Devī is स्थापित and worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana/pratiṣṭhā—installing the Goddess in the specified form.