Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

सदा स्मरस्य संस्थानं मम वाक्याद्भविष्यति । नागवल्लीति वै नाम तस्याश्चक्रे ततः परम्

Transliteration

sadā smarasya saṃsthānaṃ mama vākyādbhaviṣyati | nāgavallīti vai nāma tasyāścakre tataḥ param

Translation

‘ମୋ ବାକ୍ୟବଳରେ ଏହା ସଦା ସ୍ମର (କାମଦେବ)ଙ୍କ ଆସନସ୍ଥାନ ହେବ।’ ତାପରେ ସେ ତାହାକୁ ‘ନାଗବଲ୍ଲୀ’ ନାମ ଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• स्मरस्य: of Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• संस्थानम्: form/appearance
• संस्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (ablative: from)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नागवल्ली: Nāgavallī
• नागवल्ली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्ली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; इति-शब्देन सह नामनिर्देशः

• इति: thus/‘…’
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशसूचक (quotative particle)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नामार्थे (as ‘the name’)

• तस्याः: of it/of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चक्रे: made/assigned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Discourse marker (अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/कारण/अपादानार्थक (then/thereafter/from that)

• परम्: further/after that
• परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (accusative used adverbially: further)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājā/pṛthivīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanvantari pronounces that the place will be Smara’s abode; the creeper is ceremonially named Nāgavallī, with subtle motifs of spring and love.

Characters & Entities

• Smara (Kāma)
• Nāgavallī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma sacralizes both place and practice: a site and even a plant become worthy of remembrance when linked to divine intention.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

A locale treated as ‘Smara’s established seat’ within this tīrtha narrative (connected with the Nāgavallī origin tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse provides sacral etiology (why the plant and place carry religious-cultural significance).