Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

पूजां चक्रे सुविस्तीर्णा श्रद्धया परया युतः । दिव्यैराभरणैर्भूष्य दिव्यवस्त्रैस्ततः परम्

Transliteration

pūjāṃ cakre suvistīrṇā śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ | divyairābharaṇairbhūṣya divyavastraistataḥ param

Translation

Dotado de fé suprema, realizou uma adoração ampla e minuciosa, adornando (a Divindade) com ornamentos celestiais e, depois, também com vestes divinas.

Word by Word

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-रूप (cakre—आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगः अपि दृश्यते; अर्थे ‘अकरोत्’)

• सुविस्तीर्णाम्: very extensive
• सुविस्तीर्णाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + विस्तीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘विस्तीर्ण’

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• परया: supreme
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘युक्त/युत’ = endowed

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• आभरणैः: with ornaments
• आभरणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• भूष्य: having adorned (himself)
• भूष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘भूष्य’ = भूषित्वा

• दिव्यवस्त्रैः: with divine garments
• दिव्यवस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दिव्यानि वस्त्राणि)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (then/thereafter)

• परम्: further/after that
• परम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘further/after that’ अर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity is ceremonially adorned—first with gleaming celestial ornaments, then wrapped in divine garments—while the devotee conducts a wide, formal pūjā with attendants and offerings laid out in rows.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is marked by śraddhā (deep faith) and wholehearted offering—outer grandeur is meaningful when rooted in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the specific tirtha is not named in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing an extensive pūjā and adorning the deity with ornaments and garments as part of devotional service.