Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सप्तरात्रे गते तुष्टो होम एवंविधे कृते

Transliteration

saptarātre gate tuṣṭo homa evaṃvidhe kṛte

Translation

ពេលយប់ទាំងប្រាំពីរបានកន្លងផុតទៅ ហើយពិធីហោម (ការបូជាភ្លើង) ប្រភេទនេះបានអនុវត្តត្រឹមត្រូវ ព្រះអម្ចាស់ក៏ពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ។

Word by Word

• सप्तरात्रे: after/in the seven-night period
• सप्तरात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• गते: having passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when (it) had passed’

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• होमः: the oblation/rite of homa
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• एवंविधे: in such a manner/of this kind
• एवंविधे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं-विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कृते: when performed/done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when done’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration of the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-by-night ritual: a homa-kuṇḍa blazing, priests chanting, offerings of ghee and samidhs; at the end of seven nights, a divine presence becomes pleased—subtle radiance, calm air, auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, correctly performed worship over a vowed period ripens into divine satisfaction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa performed in a specified manner, completed over a span of seven nights.