Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तैर्विविधैर्मन्त्रैर्या पूजा चास्य संस्थिता । न भविष्यति सा लोके कथंचिदपि पुत्रक

Transliteration

vedoktairvividhairmantrairyā pūjā cāsya saṃsthitā | na bhaviṣyati sā loke kathaṃcidapi putraka

Translation

മകനേ! വേദോക്തമായ നാനാവിധ മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്ഥാപിതമായ അവന്റെ പൂജ, ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ എങ്ങനെയും ഇനി സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तैः: by those stated in the Veda
• वेदोक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक; वेद + उक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Instrumental plural, masculine)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Instrumental plural, masculine)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Instrumental plural, masculine)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (Relative pronoun, nominative singular feminine)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular, feminine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular, masculine/neuter)

• संस्थिता: established/ordained
• संस्थिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; ‘पूजा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (past participle; nominative singular feminine)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपातः (negation particle)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (Simple future, 3rd person singular)

• सा: that (worship)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular feminine)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Locative singular, masculine)

• कथंचित्: in any way
• कथंचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकार/सम्भावनार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: in any way/somehow)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अप्यर्थक-निपातः (particle: even/also)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (father)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience/ṛṣi; within verse: elder addressing 'putraka'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder instructs his son that the earlier Veda-mantra-based worship once established will no longer manifest in the world; the setting suggests a tīrtha precinct with a sense of transition between ritual ages.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Mantra
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order can be disrupted by adharmic causes; restoring dharma is necessary for proper worship to flourish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this shloka; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references Veda-based mantra-pūjā, but states its non-occurrence due to the narrative’s curse condition; no step-by-step rite is given.