Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ताः कृतांजलिना प्राह वल्गुवाक्यं मनोहरम् । मयायं भूषणस्तोम उद्दिश्य गरुडध्वजम् । कल्पितोऽद्य दिने स्नात्वा समुपोष्य दिने हरेः

Transliteration

tāḥ kṛtāṃjalinā prāha valguvākyaṃ manoharam | mayāyaṃ bhūṣaṇastoma uddiśya garuḍadhvajam | kalpito'dya dine snātvā samupoṣya dine hareḥ

Translation

ນາງປະນົມມືແລ້ວ ເວົ້າຖ້ອຍຄຳອ່ອນຫວານ ແລະນ່າຟັງວ່າ: “ເຄື່ອງປະດັບທັງຫຼາຍນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ຈັດກຽມໄວ້ ເພື່ອອຸທິດບູຊາແດ່ພຣະຫຣິ ຜູ້ມີທຸງຄຣຸດ. ມື້ນີ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າອາບນ້ຳ ແລະຖືອຸໂປສະຖະ ໃນວັນອັນສັກສິດຂອງພຣະຫຣິ…”

Word by Word

• tāḥ: to them
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• kṛta-añjalinā: with folded hands
• kṛta-añjalinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः अञ्जलिः यस्य/कृताञ्जलिः); तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक-प्रयोगानुसार ‘कृताञ्जलिना’ = with folded hands

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• valgu-vākyam: a sweet speech
• valgu-vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: valgu (प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वाक्यम्’ इति कर्म

• manoharam: charming
• manoharam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manohara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वल्गुवाक्यम्’ इति विशेषण

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhūṣaṇa-stomaḥ: a collection of ornaments
• bhūṣaṇa-stomaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + stoma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uddiśya: having dedicated (to)
• uddiśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय — ‘उद्दिश्य’ = having intended/dedicated (towards)

• garuḍa-dhvajam: the one whose banner is Garuḍa (Viṣṇu)
• garuḍa-dhvajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण-नाम

• kalpitaḥ: has been prepared
• kalpitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kalpita (कृदन्त; √kḷp/कल्प्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भूषणस्तोमः’ इति कर्तृ/विषयस्य विधेय

• adya: today
• adya: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अधिकरण)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय — having bathed

• samupoṣya: having fasted
• samupoṣya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-upa-√vas (धातु; उपवासे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय — ‘समुपोष्य’ = having fasted/observed a fast

• dine: on the day
• dine: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hareḥ: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hareḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (सम्बन्ध)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Damayantī, palms joined, addresses the tapasvinīs with gentle speech, presenting a prepared set of ornaments as an offering dedicated to Hari of the Garuḍa-banner, after bathing and fasting.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts of devotion become potent when joined with humility (añjali), ritual purity (snāna), and self-restraint (upavāsa), and then dedicated to Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context, but no single tīrtha-name is explicitly stated in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing (snāna) and fasting (upavāsa) on Hari’s sacred day, followed by dedicatory offering (saṅkalpa) of gifts.