Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अद्य प्रभृति यः पूजां मंत्रपूजां करिष्यति । तव मर्त्यो धरापृष्ठे यथान्येषां दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti yaḥ pūjāṃ maṃtrapūjāṃ kariṣyati | tava martyo dharāpṛṣṭhe yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām

Translation

ഇന്നുമുതൽ ആരെങ്കിലും മന്ത്രസഹിതമായ പൂജ നടത്തുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, അവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ മർത്ത്യനായിരിക്കെ തന്നെ മറ്റു ദിവ്യലോകവാസികളോടു തുല്യമായ സ്ഥിതി പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• प्रभृति: from (now) onwards
• प्रभृति: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक (from onwards/since)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मंत्रपूजाम्: mantra-worship
• मंत्रपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘worship with mantras / mantra-worship’

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘your/of you’

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘mortal man’

• धरापृष्ठे: on the earth’s surface
• धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘on the surface of the earth’

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (as/like)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of others’

• दिवौकसाम्: of the heavenly-dwellers (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘those whose dwelling is in heaven’ (= gods)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced: Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on earth performs mantra-pūjā at a sacred spot; above, devas appear as a luminous realm, indicating the devotee’s future parity with celestial dwellers; the scene contrasts earthly ground with heavenly radiance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular mantra-accompanied worship elevates a human life to a deva-like state through puṇya and disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a general phalaśruti within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is determined by the immediately surrounding verses of Adhyāya 192.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā specifically as mantra-pūjā—worship conducted with proper sacred recitation—beginning from today onward.