Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

पौण्डरीकास्तथैवान्ये श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा

Transliteration

pauṇḍarīkāstathaivānye śraddhāpūtena cetasā

Translation

तसेच पौण्डरीक व इतर अनेक यज्ञ त्याने श्रद्धेने पवित्र झालेल्या चित्ताने केले।

Word by Word

• पौण्डरीकाः: Pauṇḍarīkas (a group/people named Pauṇḍarīka)
• पौण्डरीकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौण्डरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus/so”)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (समासपूर्वपद)

• पूतेन: purified (by faith)
• पूतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूत (कृदन्त; √पू (पूञ्) पवने, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘श्रद्धा-पूत’ = श्रद्धया पूतः (instrumental tatpuruṣa)

• चेतसा: with mind, by consciousness
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/patron with folded hands, eyes lowered in faith, surrounded by subtle symbols of rites (lotus, fire, ladle) fading into a luminous heart-space—emphasizing inner purity.

Characters & Entities

• Pauṇḍarīka
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual gains its true power when rooted in śraddhā—inner faith that purifies intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line does not specify a named tīrtha; it continues the praise of dharmic merit within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of Pauṇḍarīka and other rites with a faith-purified mind.