Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ततः संपूजयामास नारसिंहेन भक्तितः । मन्त्रेण प्रयतो भूत्वा ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa nārasiṃhena bhaktitaḥ | mantreṇa prayato bhūtvā brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ ସେ ଭକ୍ତିସହିତ ନାରସିଂହ ମନ୍ତ୍ରଦ୍ୱାରା (ଭୈରବଙ୍କୁ) ଯଥାବିଧି ପୂଜା କଲେ; ସଂଯମୀ ହୋଇ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ୟରେ ପରାୟଣ ରହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — 'then'

• संपूजयामास: worshipped duly
• संपूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative/intensive sense: 'worshipped fully')

• नारसिंहेन: with (the) Narasiṃha (mantra/form)
• नारसिंहेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (नर-सिंहः = Narasiṃha)

• भक्तितः: devoutly, out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (हेतौ/प्रकारे) — 'out of devotion/devotionally'

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचनम्

• प्रयतः: disciplined, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (disciplined/pure)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; 'having become'

• ब्रह्मचर्य-परायणः: devoted to celibacy
• ब्रह्मचर्य-परायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मचर्ये परायणः = devoted to celibacy)

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, austere and disciplined, performs devoted worship and japa of the Nārasiṃha mantra before Bhairava’s shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Nārasiṃha-mantra
• Bhairava (context)
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion succeeds when supported by self-restraint—brahmacarya and careful discipline amplify mantra-pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship is performed in the Hāṭakeśvara-associated kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with the Nārasiṃha mantra while maintaining prayatna (discipline) and brahmacarya.