Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच तस्मात्तव सुतेयं या तामाराधयतु द्रुतम् । पञ्चपिण्डमया गौरीं यावत्संवत्सरं शुभाम्

Transliteration

nārada uvāca tasmāttava suteyaṃ yā tāmārādhayatu drutam | pañcapiṇḍamayā gaurīṃ yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhām

Translation

ನಾರದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರಿ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಆ ಗೌರಿಯನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸಲಿ. ಐದು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಪಿಂಡಗಳಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾದ ಶುಭ ಗೌರಿಯನ್ನು ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷಪೂರ್ತಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಲಿ.

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक-निपात (ablative sense: 'therefore/from that')

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; (लिङ्ग-अनिश्चित/सर्वनाम)

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ताम्: her (that goddess)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आराधयतु: let (her) worship
• आराधयतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पञ्चपिण्डमयाम्: made of five lumps (of offering)
• पञ्चपिण्डमयाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + पिण्ड + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—पञ्चपिण्डैः मया (made of five lumps)

• गौरीम्: Gauri (Parvati)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• यावत्: for as long as / until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-सूचक (till/as long as)

• संवत्सरम्: a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गौरीम्-विशेषण

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Addressed to a parent/householder; within Śāṇḍilya’s remembered account)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada instructs a household to have the daughter propitiate Gaurī in a special pañca-piṇḍa form, establishing a year-long vow; the scene is intimate—sage, mother, and the implied maiden devotee with a simple altar.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, sustained worship of the Divine Mother (Gaurī) is presented as a dharmic remedy and a source of auspicious outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears inside a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the verse focuses on the prescribed worship-form rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A year-long ārādhana of Pañcapiṇḍa-mayī Gaurī (Gaurī made from five piṇḍas).