Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सा दृष्ट्वा पूजिताऽस्माभिः प्रणिपातपुरःसरम् । पर्वतस्य सुता यस्माद्गन्धर्वस्य महात्मनः

Transliteration

sā dṛṣṭvā pūjitā'smābhiḥ praṇipātapuraḥsaram | parvatasya sutā yasmādgandharvasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

അവളെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഞങ്ങൾ ആദ്യം പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് പിന്നെ പൂജിച്ചു; കാരണം അവൾ ‘പർവത’ എന്ന മഹാത്മാവായ ഗന്ധർവന്റെ പുത്രിയാണ്।

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; pronoun

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजिता: was worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; passive sense ‘was worshipped’

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; pronoun

• प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्: preceded by prostration
• प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणिपात-पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adverbial accusative qualifying the act: ‘with prostration in front’; प्रणिपातः पुरःसरः यस्य (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• पर्वतस्य: of Parvata
• पर्वतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यस्मात्: from whom / because of whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘from whom/because of whom’

• गन्धर्वस्य: of the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; adjective qualifying गन्धर्वस्य; महा+आत्मन् (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice; devotees/assembly describing their worship)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas behold Audumbarī and worship her, led by full prostration; she is introduced as daughter of the noble Gandharva Parvata—suggesting celestial grace and musical aura.

Characters & Entities

• Audumbarī (implied 'she')
• Parvata (Gandharva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True reverence begins with humility—praṇipāta—before formal worship, honoring sacred beings and their dharmic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Audumbarī context within the tīrtha narrative, emphasizing her sanctity through worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prostration (praṇipāta) is indicated as the first act preceding pūjā (worship).