Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

कस्मिन्काले समुत्पन्ना किमर्थं च सुरेश्वरी । किं तस्या जायते श्रेयः पूजया नमनेन च

Transliteration

kasminkāle samutpannā kimarthaṃ ca sureśvarī | kiṃ tasyā jāyate śreyaḥ pūjayā namanena ca

Translation

В какое время явилась Владычица богов (Сурешвари) и с какой целью? Какое шреяс — высшее благо — рождается от поклонения Ей и от благоговейного поклона?

Word by Word

• kasmin: in which
• kasmin: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• kāle: time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samutpannā: arose; was born
• samutpannā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ut-pad (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (has arisen/was born)

• kimartham: for what purpose; why
• kimartham: Adverbial (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim-artha (प्रातिपदिक: kim + artha)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (why/for what purpose)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• sureśvarī: O queen/lady of the gods
• sureśvarī: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surā-īśvarī / sureśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; उपाधि

• kim: what
• kim: Karman/Predicate query (प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• jāyate: arises; is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• śreyaḥ: benefit; good
• śreyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pūjayā: by worship
• pūjayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• namanena: by bowing; by salutation
• namanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: namana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kelīśvarī (queried)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūtanandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages pose precise questions—time of origin, purpose, and the śreyas from worship and bowing—hands raised in respectful inquiry; the narrator prepares to recount the Devī’s manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī Kelīśvarī (Sureśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowing a deity’s purpose and the fruits of worship guides practice toward śreyas (higher good), not mere curiosity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inquiry frames a forthcoming glorification of Kelīśvarī’s local seat within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) and namana/namaskāra (bowing) to the goddess are explicitly named.