Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पुष्पोपि स्थापयामास पुष्पादित्यमथापरम् । पुण्ये सरस्वतीतीरे ततः पूजापरोऽभवत्

Transliteration

puṣpopi sthāpayāmāsa puṣpādityamathāparam | puṇye sarasvatītīre tataḥ pūjāparo'bhavat

Translation

ପୁଷ୍ପ ମଧ୍ୟ ‘ପୁଷ୍ପାଦିତ୍ୟ’ ନାମକ ଅନ୍ୟ ଦେବତାକୁ ସ୍ଥାପନ କଲା। ପୁଣ୍ୟ ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ତୀରେ ପରେ ସେ ପୂଜାପରାୟଣ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• पुष्पः: Puṣpa (proper name)
• पुष्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक निपात (also/even)

• स्थापयामास: installed/caused to be set up
• स्थापयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: caused to be placed/installed)

• पुष्पादित्यम्: Puṣpāditya (name of a liṅga/deity)
• पुष्पादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पुष्प-आदित्यः नाम)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (then/now)

• अपरम्: another
• अपरम्: Karma (Secondary object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied object)

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तीरे)

• सरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of the Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती + तीर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सरस्वत्याः तीरम्)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• पूजापरः: devoted to worship
• पूजापरः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा + पर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पूजायां परः = devoted to worship)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīra (puṇya-tīra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a serene riverbank with flowing (or symbolically present) Sarasvatī waters, Puṣpa establishes a solar deity named Puṣpāditya, then continues devoted worship amid reeds, steps, and a small shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Puṣpāditya
• Sarasvatī-tīra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrating a deity at a tīrtha and maintaining regular worship transforms one’s life into sustained dharma and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī-tīra—the meritorious bank of the Sarasvatī river—within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā) and continued pūjā (regular worship) at the tīrtha.