Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ततः संपूजयामास मन्त्रैः पंचभिरेव च । ततो गन्धैः परैर्माल्यैर्धूपै र्वस्त्रैः सुशोभनैः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa mantraiḥ paṃcabhireva ca | tato gandhaiḥ parairmālyairdhūpai rvastraiḥ suśobhanaiḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അവൾ അഞ്ചു മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ ദേവിയെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായി പൂജിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ഉത്തമ ഗന്ധങ്ങൾ, മാലകൾ, ധൂപം, മനോഹര വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ എന്നിവ അർപ്പിച്ച് ദേവിയെ ആരാധിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुबोधक-अव्यय (thereupon/then)

• saṃpūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• saṃpūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘सम्पूजयामास’ = पूजां चकार

• mantraiḥ: with mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• paṃcabhiḥ: with five
• paṃcabhiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (mantraiḥ विशेषण)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• tataḥ: then/after that
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमबोधक-अव्यय

• gandhaiḥ: with fragrances
• gandhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• paraiḥ: excellent
• paraiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; (gandhaiḥ विशेषण)

• mālyaiḥ: with garlands
• mālyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• dhūpaiḥ: with incense
• dhūpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vastraiḥ: with garments
• vastraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• suśobhanaiḥ: very beautiful
• suśobhanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सु + शोभन (कर्मधारय); (vastraiḥ विशेषण)

Speaker

Lakṣmī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (Kāśī)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen completes worship of the mud-formed Gaurī using five mantras; attendants present perfumes, garlands, incense, and fine cloth; smoke curls upward as the river glints nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcamantra (five mantras)
• Gaurī/Pañcapiṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship unites mantra and offering—inner invocation supported by reverent outer upacāras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Gaṅgā-bank Pañcapiṇḍikā worship setting of this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with five mantras, followed by offerings of fragrance, garlands, incense, and fine cloth.