Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

कौमारब्रह्मचर्य्येण त्वयापि च सुभक्तितः । ताभ्यां पूजा प्रकर्तव्या नो चेन्नाशमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

kaumārabrahmacaryyeṇa tvayāpi ca subhaktitaḥ | tābhyāṃ pūjā prakartavyā no cennāśamavāpsyasi

Translation

നീയും കൗമാര ബ്രഹ്മചര്യം പാലിച്ച് ശുദ്ധഭക്തിയോടെ ആ രണ്ടുപേരെയും പൂജിക്കണം; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നാശം നിന്നെ പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• कौमार-ब्रह्मचर्येण: by youthful celibacy
• कौमार-ब्रह्मचर्येण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कौमारं ब्रह्मचर्यम् = youthful celibacy)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सु-भक्तितः: out of good devotion
• सु-भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; ‘सुभक्तितः’ = good devotion-wise/from good devotion

• ताभ्याम्: by those two (means)
• ताभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), द्विवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karma (Object implied with gerundive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रकर्तव्या: should be performed
• प्रकर्तव्या: Vidheyatā (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligative), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be performed’

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Condition marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• नाशम्: destruction/ruin
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will attain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (continuing instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young devotee-maiden in simple attire practicing brahmacarya and performing pūjā with intense devotion; a shadow of ruin is shown as a cautionary contrast.

Characters & Entities

• Pādukā (the two Pādukās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power is safeguarded by discipline: purity (brahmacarya) and devotion are essential for fruitful worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Pādukā worship instructions within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain brahmacarya and perform pūjā to the two Pādukās with sincere bhakti; neglect brings spiritual downfall.