Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

अनेनैव तु रूपेण नग्नत्वेन व्यवस्थिता । मुख्यामवाप्स्यते पूजां वांछितं च प्रदास्यति । पूजकानां स्थितं चित्ते शतसंख्यगुणं तदा

Transliteration

anenaiva tu rūpeṇa nagnatvena vyavasthitā | mukhyāmavāpsyate pūjāṃ vāṃchitaṃ ca pradāsyati | pūjakānāṃ sthitaṃ citte śatasaṃkhyaguṇaṃ tadā

Translation

അവൾ ഇതേ രൂപത്തിൽ—നഗ്നാവസ്ഥയിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട്—പ്രധാന പൂജ ലഭിക്കും; അഭിലഷിതം പ്രസാദിക്കും. അപ്പോൾ പൂജകരുടെ ചിത്തത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന സംकल्पം നൂറിരട്ടിയായി ഫലിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis: just/indeed)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक/विरोधार्थक अव्यय

• रूपेण: in the form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नग्नत्वेन: with nakedness
• नग्नत्वेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग्नत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• व्यवस्थिता: standing/established
• व्यवस्थिता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-अव-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘situated/established’ (agreeing with implied योगिनी)

• मुख्याम्: principal / foremost
• मुख्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘principal’ (qualifying पूजाम्)

• अवाप्स्यते: will obtain/receive
• अवाप्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वाञ्छितम्: the desired (boon)
• वाञ्छितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘desired thing’ (object of प्रदास्यति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• प्रदास्यति: will grant
• प्रदास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूजकानाम्: of the worshippers
• पूजकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-सम्भाव्य, एकवचन; ‘placed/remaining’ (qualifying चित्ते—sense: ‘in the mind’)

• चित्ते: in the mind
• चित्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शतसंख्यगुणम्: hundredfold
• शतसंख्यगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-संख्य-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक—‘hundredfold in number’ (qualifying implied फलम्/पुण्यम्)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then/at that time)

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Phalavatī Yoginī-sthāna (implied)

Type: pith

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Phalavatī Yoginī appears in unclad form, enthroned or stationed near the pedestal, receiving foremost worship; devotees’ mental wishes are shown as blossoming lotuses, multiplied in radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Phalavatī Yoginī (implied)
• pūjā (worship)
• vāñchita-phala (desired result)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred site’s śakti responds to sincere worship; purity of intention and devotion are said to multiply results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A pīṭha associated with a Yoginī is being praised, but the proper place-name is not provided in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer principal worship (mukhyā pūjā) to the Yoginī in her established form; the promised fruit is fulfillment of desired aims, even multiplied.