Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

न नास्तिकाय देवेशि न सुवर्णेतराय च । अस्ति देवि महासिद्धा पुण्या न्यंकुमती नदी

Transliteration

na nāstikāya deveśi na suvarṇetarāya ca | asti devi mahāsiddhā puṇyā nyaṃkumatī nadī

Translation

ହେ ଦେବେଶି, ଏହା ନାସ୍ତିକ ପାଇଁ ନୁହେଁ, ଏବଂ ସତ୍ୟ ଗୁଣ ନଥିବା ଲୋକ ପାଇଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ। ହେ ଦେବୀ, ‘ନ୍ୟଙ୍କୁମତୀ’ ନାମକ ମହାସିଦ୍ଧିଦାୟିନୀ ପୁଣ୍ୟନଦୀ ଅଛି।

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• nāstikāya: to an atheist
• nāstikāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāstika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• deveśi: O goddess (lady of gods)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• suvarṇa-itarāya: to one other than (seeking) gold / to a non-gold-seeker
• suvarṇa-itarāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + itara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (suvarṇāt itaraḥ = other than gold)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• mahāsiddhā: greatly accomplished
• mahāsiddhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + siddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् सिद्धा)

• puṇyā: holy
• puṇyā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nyaṃkumatī: Nyaṃkumatī (river name)
• nyaṃkumatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nyaṃkumatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नदी-नाम

• nadī: river
• nadī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nyanku-matī

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara names the holy river Nyanku-matī as supremely efficacious, while warning that the teaching is not for nāstikas or the unworthy; the river is envisioned as luminous and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Nyanku-matī River
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith and inner worth are prerequisites for benefiting from and responsibly receiving tīrtha-glories.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The holy river Nyanku-matī in Prabhāsa-kṣetra is introduced as highly efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An eligibility rule is implied: this teaching is not for nāstikas and the unfit.