Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अत्र यो नागरो भक्त्या समागत्य तपस्विनि । प्रदक्षिणात्रयं कुर्याद्दत्त्वा मम फलत्रयम्

Transliteration

atra yo nāgaro bhaktyā samāgatya tapasvini | pradakṣiṇātrayaṃ kuryāddattvā mama phalatrayam

Translation

ここにおいて、苦行の女よ。ナーガラの住人で、信愛をもって来たり、三度のプラダクシナーを行い、我に三つの果実を供える者は—

Word by Word

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; Relative pronoun ‘who’

• नागरः: a townsman/citizen
• नागरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having come/arrived’

• तपस्विनि: O ascetic (lady)
• तपस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; Vocative singular (O ascetic lady)

• प्रदक्षिणात्रयम्: three circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणात्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः प्रदक्षिणाः = three circumambulations)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should do’

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having given’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• फलत्रयम्: three fruits/benefits
• फलत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि फलानि = three fruits/benefits)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tapasvinī (ascetic woman)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Nāgara devotee arrives at the temple, carrying a small plate with three fruits; he/she performs three circumambulations around the sanctum while an ascetic woman observes, and the offering is placed before the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Devī Dhārā
• tapasvinī
• Nāgara (people/place)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through small, sincere offerings at a holy place is accepted and rewarded by the Goddess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine of Devī Dhārā in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting (Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Come with bhakti, do three circumambulations, and offer three fruits to the Goddess.