Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततो मत्पुरतश्चैव कार्यं शकुप्रचारणम् । स्वर्गस्थाया भवेत्तुष्टिर्मम तेन कृतेन च

Transliteration

tato matpurataścaiva kāryaṃ śakupracāraṇam | svargasthāyā bhavettuṣṭirmama tena kṛtena ca

Translation

«Затем и передо мною следует совершать “шаку-прачарану”. Этим деянием я, пребывающая на небесах, буду удовлетворена».

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Discourse/Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-रूप (mat-)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adverbial (स्थान/Location adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (in front)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कार्यम्: a required act / something to be done
• कार्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (कृदन्त; कृ-धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तव्यवाचक (that which is to be done)

• शकुप्रचारणम्: the releasing/letting loose of birds
• शकुप्रचारणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकु-प्रचारण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—“शकूनां प्रचारणम्”

• स्वर्गस्थायाः: of (me) who am in heaven
• स्वर्गस्थायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-स्था (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—“स्वर्गे स्थिता”

• भवेत्: would arise/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तुष्टिः: satisfaction
• तुष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृतेन: by the act done
• कृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ-धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Audumbarī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Udgātṛ / future yajña-performers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the central image of Audumbarī, priests perform śaku-pracāraṇa—an auxiliary ceremonial act—while the deity’s satisfaction is envisioned in heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Audumbarī
• Śaku-pracāraṇa
• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed ritual actions, offered with reverence before the sacred form, are said to please the divine even beyond earthly realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues a ritual directive within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform ‘śaku-pracāraṇa’ in front of Audumbarī’s installed presence; it is stated as a satisfaction-causing rite.