Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अथ तस्याः प्रभावं तं ज्ञात्वा व्याससमुद्भवः । स्थानेऽत्र स्थापयामास संसिद्धिं प परां गतः

Transliteration

atha tasyāḥ prabhāvaṃ taṃ jñātvā vyāsasamudbhavaḥ | sthāne'tra sthāpayāmāsa saṃsiddhiṃ pa parāṃ gataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് വ്യാസസമുദ്ഭവൻ അവളുടെ പ്രഭാവമഹിമ അറിഞ്ഞ്, ഈ സ്ഥലത്തുതന്നെ (ആരാധന/പ്രതിഷ്ഠ) സ്ഥാപിച്ച് പരമ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक (then)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन

• प्रभावम्: power; glory
• प्रभावम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'प्रभावम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ज्ञात्वा: having understood
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वक्रिया (having known)

• व्याससमुद्भवः: one born from Vyāsa
• व्याससमुद्भवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: व्यास (Vyāsa) + समुद्भव (born from)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (व्यासात् समुद्भवः)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• स्थापयामास: installed; established
• स्थापयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: caused to be placed/installed)

• संसिद्धिम्: accomplishment; perfected power
• संसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• प: (textual particle/unclear)
• प: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प (अव्यय/पाठभ्रंश-चिह्न)
• Form: पाठे अनर्थकाक्षर/पाठभेदसंकेत (textual corruption/marker); व्याकरणतः अव्ययवत्

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; 'संसिद्धिम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• गतः: having attained; having gone to
• गतः: Kriyā (Predicate/participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि (having gone/attained)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within the story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage of Vyāsa’s lineage, having discerned Devī’s prabhāva, performs a formal establishment rite at the site—setting an icon/yantra or instituting worship—then is shown radiant, having attained supreme siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Vyāsa (as lineage reference)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognizing divine prabhāva leads to instituting enduring worship at a place, and such dharmic establishment culminates in higher spiritual perfection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“Here, in this place” refers to the Adhyāya 150 tīrtha-sthāna where Kelīśvarī Devī’s tradition is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāpana—formally establishing the deity’s presence/worship at the local sacred site.