Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अपूजया विनाशं च यास्यत्यत्र न संशयः । तव वंशोद्भवा ये च पूजयित्वा प्रभक्तितः

Transliteration

apūjayā vināśaṃ ca yāsyatyatra na saṃśayaḥ | tava vaṃśodbhavā ye ca pūjayitvā prabhaktitaḥ

Translation

Dengan mengabaikan pemujaan, seseorang akan menuju kebinasaan di sini—tiada keraguan. Namun mereka yang lahir daripada keturunanmu, jika memuja (liṅga ini) dengan bhakti yang mendalam, akan memperoleh hasil yang baik dan berkat.

Word by Word

• अपूजयā: by non-worship
• अपूजयā: Karana (Instrument/means; करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘अ-’ नञ्-पूर्वक

• विनाशम्: destruction
• विनाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• यास्यति: will attain
• यास्यति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वंशोद्भवाः: those born in (your) lineage
• वंशोद्भवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वंशस्य उद्भवाः)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

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

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• प्रभक्तितः: out of great devotion
• प्रभक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/source/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘-तः’ (from/out of)

Speaker

Contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two contrasted vignettes: on one side a neglected shrine with extinguished lamps and withering garlands symbolizing ruin; on the other, descendants offering flowers and bilva with intense devotion, symbolizing auspiciousness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect of worship at a sacred Śaiva site leads to spiritual and worldly decline, while devoted pūjā brings auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha connected to the installation and worship of a Śiva-liṅga (contextually culminating in Kaṃsārīśvara).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular worship (pūjā) of the Liṅga with sincere devotion; avoidance of apūjā (neglect).