Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
Devanagari script
नवशाखः पंचकल्पस्त्वया कार्यः सुखावहः
Transliteration
navaśākhaḥ paṃcakalpastvayā kāryaḥ sukhāvahaḥ
Translation
तू ‘नवशाख’ आणि ‘पंचकल्प’ हे व्रत-नियम आचरावे; ते सुख व कल्याण देणारे आहे.
Word by Word
नवशाखःhaving nine branches
नवशाखः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव + शाख (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (नव शाखाः यस्य)
पञ्चकल्पःconsisting of five kalpas
पञ्चकल्पः:
Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च + कल्प (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (पञ्च कल्पाः यस्य)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
कार्यःshould be done/made
कार्यः:
Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formणीयत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: to be done), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सुखावहःbringing happiness
सुखावहः:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (सुखम् आवहति इति)
Speaker
Nārada
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pippalāda
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nārada instructs Pippalāda to undertake two named disciplines—Nine-Branches and Five-Kalpas—promising well-being; the scene is a calm transmission of a ritual program.
Characters & Entities
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NāradaFAQs
Happiness and spiritual steadiness come through disciplined, scripturally guided observance.
No site is named in this single line; it presents a practice within the broader tīrtha framework.
Undertaking “navaśākha” and “pañcakalpa” as a prescribed observance (anushthāna).