Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तथापि च पृथक्त्वेन मया त्वं तु नता सह । एकासनं समारूढा तत्समं देवि पूजिता

Transliteration

tathāpi ca pṛthaktvena mayā tvaṃ tu natā saha | ekāsanaṃ samārūḍhā tatsamaṃ devi pūjitā

Translation

ତଥାପି, ହେ ଦେବୀ, ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ପୃଥକ୍ ଭାବେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଣାମ କଲି; ଶିବଙ୍କ ସହ ଏକେ ଆସନରେ ଆସୀନ ଥିବାରୁ ତୁମକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମଭାବେ ପୂଜିଲି।

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (concessive particle: 'even so/however')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पृथक्त्वेन: separately, in a distinct manner
• पृथक्त्वेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथक्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (instrumental of manner: 'by/with separateness')

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• नता: bowed, having bowed
• नता: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नत (कृदन्त; √नम् (धातु) )
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with implied 'अहं' or speaker)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्ग/निपात (postposition 'with'); सह-योगे तृतीया अपेक्षा

• एकासनम्: one seat, a single seat
• एकासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (एकस्य आसनम्)

• समारूढा: having mounted, seated upon
• समारूढा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-रूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त

• तत्समम्: equally, in the same way
• तत्समम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; अव्ययार्थे द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial: 'equally/like that')

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• पूजिता: worshipped, honored
• पूजिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (कृदन्त; √पूज् (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

King (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/king bows separately to Devī though she sits on the same āsana with Śiva; both receive equal offerings—flowers, incense, lamps—signaling parity of worship.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Śiva (implied)
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion recognizes divine unity and offers balanced honor—Śiva and Devī are worshipped without disparity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the narrative within a tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā offered “equally” to Devī along with Śiva is implied as the correct devotional posture.