Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः स तेनाथ गत्वा तत्क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । प्रतिष्ठाप्य च देवीं तां पूजयामास भक्तितः

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ sa tenātha gatvā tatkṣetramuttamam | pratiṣṭhāpya ca devīṃ tāṃ pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

Translation

かくして彼に教えられると、彼はその最上の聖なる地（クシェートラ）へ赴いた。そこで女神を安置し、篤い信愛をもって礼拝した。

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• uktaḥ: having been told
• uktaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (सः) इत्यस्य विशेषण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्शेत्रम्)

• kṣetram: field, sacred place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (क्शेत्रम्)

• pratiṣṭhāpya: having installed
• pratiṣṭhāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-अव्यय (gerund); णिजन्त-धातु; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• devīm: the Goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tām: that
• tām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीम्)

• pūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोग (आमास-प्रयोग)

• bhaktitaḥ: with devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘भक्तितः’ = भक्त्या/भक्त्या सह

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at the sacred field, installs the Goddess (pratiṣṭhā) and performs pūjā with lamps, flowers, and mantra—devotion made visible.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā
• Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right instruction leads to right action: reaching a tīrtha, establishing the deity, and worshipping with bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “excellent kṣetra” is the Hāṭakeśvara sacred area highlighted in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (ritual installation) of the Devī followed by devoted pūjā.