Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

विप्रसंसूचिते स्थाने सर्वाश्चैव व्यवस्थिताः । पूजितास्तर्पिताश्चैव बलिभिर्विविधैरपि

Transliteration

viprasaṃsūcite sthāne sarvāścaiva vyavasthitāḥ | pūjitāstarpitāścaiva balibhirvividhairapi

Translation

വിപ്രൻ സൂചിപ്പിച്ച സ്ഥലത്ത് അവർ എല്ലാവരും നിലയുറപ്പിച്ചു. വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിക്കപ്പെട്ടു, വിവിധ ബലി-നൈവേദ്യങ്ങളാൽ തൃപ്തരാക്കപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• vipra-saṃsūcite: in the place indicated by the brāhmaṇa
• vipra-saṃsūcite: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsūcita (√sūc धातु + सम् उपसर्ग + क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-समन्वयः; ‘स्थाने’ इत्यस्य विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्रेण संसूचितम्)

• sthāne: in the place
• sthāne: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sarvāḥ: all (of them)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (ताः मातरः) इत्यर्थे

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• vyavasthitāḥ: stood/assembled
• vyavasthitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ava-sthā (व्यव√स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचन (वस्तुतः ‘व्यवस्थिताः’ = व्यवस्थिताः/स्थिताः)

• pūjitāḥ: having been worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tarpitāḥ: having been satisfied/propitiated
• tarpitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (तृप् धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) → tarpaya + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• balibhiḥ: with offerings
• balibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (balibhiḥ)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact interlocutors not present in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa points out a sanctified location; the Mothers/attendant powers stand arranged in rows; priests perform pūjā and tarpaṇa; bali offerings are placed in multiple small dishes at the perimeter.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Bali (ritual offerings)
• Mātaraḥ (Divine Mothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites at tīrthas should be performed in an orderly way, guided by dharmic authority (vipras) and completed with proper offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative stream (named explicitly in nearby verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Standing/assembling at the designated spot, performing pūjā and tarpaṇa, and presenting various bali offerings.