Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

गन्धपुष्पोपहारेण नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि । गीतनृत्यैस्तथा वाद्यैर्मनोहारिभिरेव च

Transliteration

gandhapuṣpopahāreṇa naivedyairvividhairapi | gītanṛtyaistathā vādyairmanohāribhireva ca

Translation

ដោយការថ្វាយក្លិនក្រអូប និងផ្កា ដោយនៃវេទ្យជាច្រើនប្រភេទ ហើយដោយបទចម្រៀង របាំ និងតន្ត្រីឧបករណ៍ដ៏ទាក់ទាញ នាងបានបូជាដោយសេចក្តីគោរព។

Word by Word

• gandha: with fragrance, perfumes
• gandha: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• puṣpa: with flowers
• puṣpa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• upahāreṇa: with offerings
• upahāreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• naivedyaiḥ: with food-offerings
• naivedyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Instrumental Plural; adjective)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (particle: also)

• gīta: with songs
• gīta: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from gai (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• nṛtyaiḥ: with dances
• nṛtyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Conjunctive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: and also/likewise)

• vādyaiḥ: with musical instruments
• vādyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• manohāribhiḥ: charming, delightful
• manohāribhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manohārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Instrumental Plural; adjective)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ (emphatic particle: indeed)

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

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive yet reverent worship scene: the goddess’s shrine adorned with flowers and perfumes; trays of naivedya; devotees singing, dancers performing, and musicians playing instruments before the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through both ritual offerings and refined arts; beauty offered to the Divine becomes a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage continues the kṣetra-centered praise within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, emphasizing worship performed at the sacred site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upacāras of Devī-pūjā: gandha, puṣpa, naivedya, and devotional performance (gīta-nṛtya-vādya).