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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

गौरीपूजाकृते मां च निवारयति सर्वदा । ततोऽहं भयसन्त्रस्ता गौरीभक्तिपरायणा । जलार्थं यत्र गच्छामि तस्मिंश्चैव जलाश्रये

Transliteration

gaurīpūjākṛte māṃ ca nivārayati sarvadā | tato'haṃ bhayasantrastā gaurībhaktiparāyaṇā | jalārthaṃ yatra gacchāmi tasmiṃścaiva jalāśraye

Translation

ដោយសារខ្ញុំបូជាព្រះគោរី នាងតែងរារាំងខ្ញុំជានិច្ច។ ដូច្នេះ ខ្ញុំភ័យខ្លាច ប៉ុន្តែមានសទ្ធាចំពោះព្រះគោរីយ៉ាងពេញលេញ; រាល់ពេលខ្ញុំទៅរកទឹក ខ្ញុំទៅតែប្រភពទឹកនោះឯង។

Word by Word
gaurī-pūjā-kṛtefor Gaurī worship
gaurī-pūjā-kṛte:
Hetu (Cause/Purpose/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootgaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ (कृ))
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (कृते = 'for the sake of'); हेतौ सप्तमी — for (the purpose of) Gaurī-worship
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — and
nivārayatiprevents
nivārayati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛ (वृ) with ni + ā (निवारयति; causative from √vṛ/√vṛt)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) — prevents/forbids
sarvadāalways
sarvadā:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — always
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय — then/thereupon
ahamI
aham:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
bhaya-santtrastāterrified
bhaya-santtrastā:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + santtrastā (कृदन्त; √tras (त्रस्) with sam)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'aham' इति विशेष्येण सह — frightened with fear
gaurī-bhakti-parāyaṇāwholly devoted to Gaurī-devotion
gaurī-bhakti-parāyaṇā:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootgaurī (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'aham' इति विशेष्येण सह — devoted to devotion to Gaurī
jala-arthamfor water
jala-artham:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अर्थः), द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे — for water (purpose)
yatrawhere
yatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — where
gacchāmiI go
gacchāmi:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (गम्)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — I go
tasminin that (place)
tasmin:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन — in that (place)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय) — and
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण) — indeed
jala-āśrayein the water-source
jala-āśraye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — in the water-reservoir/shelter of water
Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (context suggests a woman devotee recounting events)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A frightened yet radiant devotee walks with a water-pot toward a quiet pond/riverbank; she glances back as if watched, while inwardly focused on Gaurī.

Characters & Entities
G
Gaurī

FAQs

Steadfast devotion to Gaurī shapes one’s choices and conduct even under fear, turning basic needs like water-seeking into dharmic, sacred action.

A specific tīrtha name is not stated in this verse; it frames the approach to a water-source (jala-āśraya) that will be contextualized by the surrounding māhātmya narrative.

Implicitly, Gaurī-pūjā (worship of Gaurī) is central; the verse sets up later details about how she worships at the water-source.

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