Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
सप्तरात्रे गते तुष्टो होम एवंविधे कृते
Transliteration
saptarātre gate tuṣṭo homa evaṃvidhe kṛte
Translation
ഏഴ് രാത്രികൾ കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള ഹോമം വിധിപൂർവ്വം നിർവഹിക്കപ്പെട്ടതോടെ, ഭഗവാൻ പ്രസന്നനായി।
Word by Word
सप्तरात्रेafter/in the seven-night period
सप्तरात्रे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्त-रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
गतेhaving passed
गते:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when (it) had passed’
तुष्टःpleased
तुष्टः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण
होमःthe oblation/rite of homa
होमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
एवंविधेin such a manner/of this kind
एवंविधे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएवं-विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण
कृतेwhen performed/done
कृते:
Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when done’
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration of the episode)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Night-by-night ritual: a homa-kuṇḍa blazing, priests chanting, offerings of ghee and samidhs; at the end of seven nights, a divine presence becomes pleased—subtle radiance, calm air, auspicious signs.
Characters & Entities
S
SūryaFAQs
Steady, correctly performed worship over a vowed period ripens into divine satisfaction and grace.
The wider passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
A homa performed in a specified manner, completed over a span of seven nights.