Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मात्संकीर्तयिष्यामि मंत्रान्मानुषसंभवान् । तथा पूजाविधानं च त्वत्प्रसादेन पूर्वज

Transliteration

tasmātsaṃkīrtayiṣyāmi maṃtrānmānuṣasaṃbhavān | tathā pūjāvidhānaṃ ca tvatprasādena pūrvaja

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് മനുഷ്യരിൽ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച മന്ത്രങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ സംകീർത്തനം ചെയ്യും; കൂടാതെ പൂജാവിധാനവും—അങ്ങയുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ, ഹേ പൂജ്യ പൂർവ്വജ.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे (Ablative singular: therefore/from that reason)

• संकीर्तयिष्यामि: I will recite/proclaim
• संकीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् (Simple future, 1st sg)

• मन्त्रान्: mantras
• मन्त्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Accusative plural, masculine)

• मानुषसंभवान्: human-origin
• मानुषसंभवान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक; मानुष + सम्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; ‘मन्त्रान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (Accusative plural masculine)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारार्थक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: likewise/also)

• पूजाविधानम्: the procedure of worship
• पूजाविधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; पूजा + विधान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neuter)

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

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत्-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद् + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (Instrumental singular, masculine)

• पूर्वज: O elder/ancestor
• पूर्वज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Vocative singular, masculine)

Speaker

Putra (continuing speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The son resolves to recite and promulgate human-origin mantras and the worship procedure, attributing success to the elder’s grace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual efficacy is linked to correct transmission—mantras and pūjā-vidhi are to be received and practiced with the elder’s (guru/ancestor’s) grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is a tīrthamāhātmya within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this verse does not specify the place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃkīrtana (recitative proclamation) of specific mantras and the teaching/observance of pūjā-vidhāna (worship procedure).