Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततो ननाम चरणौ पार्वत्याः संप्रहृष्टवान् । लब्धप्रसादस्तु तयोः समीपाद्भुवनत्रये

Transliteration

tato nanāma caraṇau pārvatyāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭavān | labdhaprasādastu tayoḥ samīpādbhuvanatraye

Translation

ତାପରେ ହର୍ଷିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ପାର୍ବତୀଙ୍କ ଚରଣେ ନମସ୍କାର କଲେ। ଉଭୟଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାଦ ପାଇ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସମୀପରେ ରହି, ତ୍ରିଭୁବନେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then)

• ननाम: bowed
• ननाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• चरणौ: (two) feet
• चरणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• पार्वत्याः: of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• संप्रहृष्टवान्: greatly delighted
• संप्रहृष्टवान्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + हृष् (धातु) + वत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्तवतु/वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive participial adjective), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective) of implied subject

• लब्धप्रसादः: having obtained grace
• लब्धप्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध (लभ् + क्त) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः: 'प्रसादः लब्धः यस्य सः' (having obtained favor)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्विवचन (Dual), षष्ठी/सप्तमी (Genitive/Locative) — here genitive 'of the two'

• समीपात्: from (their) vicinity
• समीपात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समासः: 'त्रीणि भुवनानि'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāma, joyful and relieved, bows at Pārvatī’s feet; the divine couple’s aura suggests acceptance, and Kāma remains nearby as a now-legitimized presence in the cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Kāma
• Bhuvanatraya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is sought from both Śiva and Śakti; devotion includes honoring the Divine Mother.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named; the verse highlights proximity to the divine couple as spiritually elevating.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is reverence to Pārvatī through praṇāma.