Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

बलि पूजां ततो दत्त्वा स्तोत्रेणानेन च स्तुता । ततः प्रत्यक्षतां गत्वा तामुवाच तपस्विनीम्

Transliteration

bali pūjāṃ tato dattvā stotreṇānena ca stutā | tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ gatvā tāmuvāca tapasvinīm

Translation

Setelah mempersembahkan bali dan melaksanakan pemujaan, dia memuji (Dewi) dengan himne ini. Lalu Dewi itu menampakkan diri secara nyata dan bertitah kepada wanita pertapa itu.

Word by Word

• बलिम्: offering (bali)
• बलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक/तस्मात् (then/thereafter)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातुः—दा (दान)

• स्तोत्रेण: with a hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स्तुता: was praised
• स्तुता: Karma (Patient/कर्म) with implied agent
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(she) was praised’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक

• प्रत्यक्षताम्: manifest presence/visibility
• प्रत्यक्षताम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state)

• गत्वा: having gone/attained
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातुः—गम्

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपस्विनीम्: the female ascetic
• तपस्विनीम्: Karma (Recipient addressed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara Devī-sthāna (manifestation site)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the temple threshold, the ascetic woman completes bali and worship, then sings a hymn; the air brightens as the Goddess manifests visibly before her.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• tapasvinī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship with offerings and hymn-praise can culminate in direct divine grace and revelation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgara-region tīrtha associated with the Goddess’s manifestation (context: Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bali-offering (balipūjā) followed by praise through a stotra, leading to darśana.