Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अनया भार्यया मह्यं मान्या या स्थापिता पुरा । दुर्गाऽस्याश्चात्र नाम्ना वै भूयात्ख्याताऽत्र सत्पुरे

Transliteration

anayā bhāryayā mahyaṃ mānyā yā sthāpitā purā | durgā'syāścātra nāmnā vai bhūyātkhyātā'tra satpure

Translation

「この妻が昔、我がためにここに安置した尊ぶべき女神よ――この善き都において、まことに『ドゥルガー（Durgā）』の御名によって名高くあれ。」

Word by Word

• अनया: by this (woman)
• अनया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भार्यया: by (my) wife
• भार्यया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मह्यम्: to me
• मह्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• मान्या: worthy of honor
• मान्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दुर्गा/सा)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्थापिता: was established
• स्थापिता: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय्; क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः (set up/established)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• दुर्गा: Durgā
• दुर्गा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्याः: of her/this (goddess)
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed)

• भूयात्: may it become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ख्याता: renowned, famous
• ख्याता: Predicate complement
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्-क्रियायाः पूरक-विशेषणम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• सत्पुरे: in the good city
• सत्पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सत् पुरम्)

Speaker

Puṣpa (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgā (shrine within the satpura)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Devī shrine in a noble city: the goddess honored and newly renowned as Durgā; a patron-wife figure indicated as the earlier establisher; offerings, lamps, and protective iconography (lion, weapons) suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Installing and honoring the Devī in a sacred locale establishes enduring spiritual protection and holy reputation for the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘satpura’ (noble city) where a Devī shrine is to be famed as Durgā; the precise city name is not provided in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies pratimā/śrīdevī-sthāpanā (installation) and the formal naming by which the shrine becomes known.