Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तत्र नारायणो देवः पूज्यते व्रतकारिभिः । सत्क्रियाममुकीं देव कारयिष्यामि निश्चयः

Transliteration

tatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ pūjyate vratakāribhiḥ | satkriyāmamukīṃ deva kārayiṣyāmi niścayaḥ

Translation

അവിടെ വ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവർ നാരായണദേവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നു. (സങ്കൽപ്പം:) ‘ഹേ ദേവാ, ഈ പവിത്ര സത്ക്രിയ ഞാൻ നിശ്ചയമായി നിർവഹിപ്പിക്കും.’

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (apposition)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• व्रतकारिभिः: by the vow-performers
• व्रतकारिभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; व्रतं करोति इति व्रतकारी

• सत्क्रियाम्: good rite/service
• सत्क्रियाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अमुकीम्: this/that (specific)
• अमुकीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमुकी (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (this particular/that)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• कारयिष्यामि: I will cause to be done / will have performed
• कारयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: make do)

• निश्चयः: (it is my) resolve
• निश्चयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (as predicate: determination)

Speaker

Brahmā (narrating the vrata procedure; the second half reflects the votary’s resolve)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a small temple: Nārāyaṇa image on altar; vratins in simple attire offer tulasī, flowers, and lamps; one devotee speaks the saṅkalpa with folded hands; priests prepare offerings; the scene conveys solemn resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow is fulfilled through worship plus firm intention (saṅkalpa); devotion is expressed as committed action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it describes the worship component within the vrata narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Nārāyaṇa as part of the vow and make a definite saṅkalpa to perform the prescribed sacred rite (satkriyā).