Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

समास्थाय वृता स्त्रीभिर्देवानां सर्वतो दिशम् । दधती मुकुटं मूर्ध्नि हारकेयूरभूषिता

Transliteration

samāsthāya vṛtā strībhirdevānāṃ sarvato diśam | dadhatī mukuṭaṃ mūrdhni hārakeyūrabhūṣitā

Translation

അവൾ മുന്നിൽ നിൽക്കുകയും, എല്ലാ ദിക്കുകളിലും ദേവാംഗനമാർ അവളെ ചുറ്റിനിൽക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ശിരസ്സിൽ മകുടം ധരിച്ചു, ഹാരവും കേയൂരവും ധരിച്ച് അലങ്കൃതയായി അവൾ ശോഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• समास्थाय: having mounted/ascended
• समास्थाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) कृदन्त; समासाद्य/आरुह्य (Absolutive/gerund)

• वृता: surrounded
• वृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• स्त्रीभिः: by/with women
• स्त्रीभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Plural)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• दधती: bearing, wearing
• दधती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• मुकुटम्: crown
• मुकुटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative, Singular)

• मूर्ध्नि: on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• हार-केयूर-भूषिता: adorned with necklaces and armlets
• हार-केयूर-भूषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हार (प्रातिपदिक) + केयूर (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant divine lady stands forth, encircled on all sides by celestial women; she wears a crown, necklaces, and armlets, embodying regal authority and compassionate presence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is portrayed as a tangible, majestic presence—devotion culminates in a vision of the Goddess attended by celestial beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 62); the specific tīrtha is part of the ongoing chapter narrative rather than named in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is descriptive of a divine epiphany.