Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सप्तरात्रे गते तुष्टो होम एवंविधे कृते

Transliteration

saptarātre gate tuṣṭo homa evaṃvidhe kṛte

Translation

Setelah tujuh malam berlalu, dan homa (persembahan api) seperti ini dilaksanakan dengan sempurna menurut tata, Tuhan pun berkenan dan puas hati.

Word by Word

• सप्तरात्रे: after/in the seven-night period
• सप्तरात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त-रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• गते: having passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when (it) had passed’

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• होमः: the oblation/rite of homa
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• एवंविधे: in such a manner/of this kind
• एवंविधे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं-विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कृते: when performed/done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when done’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration of the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-by-night ritual: a homa-kuṇḍa blazing, priests chanting, offerings of ghee and samidhs; at the end of seven nights, a divine presence becomes pleased—subtle radiance, calm air, auspicious signs.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, correctly performed worship over a vowed period ripens into divine satisfaction and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa performed in a specified manner, completed over a span of seven nights.