Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यथा शक्तिमयी कीर्तिः स्कन्दस्यात्र प्रतिष्ठिता । लोहयष्टिमयी तद्वत्तव राम भविष्यति

Transliteration

yathā śaktimayī kīrtiḥ skandasyātra pratiṣṭhitā | lohayaṣṭimayī tadvattava rāma bhaviṣyati

Translation

«Как здесь утверждена слава Сканды, воплощённая в Шакти (копье), так же, о Рама, будет здесь утверждена и твоя слава, воплощённая в железном посохе».

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative adverb/conjunction: ‘as/just as’)

• शक्तिमयी: consisting of power (Śakti)
• शक्तिमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति + मय (प्रातिपदिके; तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कीर्तिः: fame/glory
• कीर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• प्रतिष्ठिता: is established
• प्रतिष्ठिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थापिता/प्रतिष्ठापिता’

• लोहयष्टिमयी: made of the iron staff
• लोहयष्टिमयी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहयष्टि + मय (प्रातिपदिके; तद्धित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (अव्यय/तद्धितान्त)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative: ‘likewise/in the same way’)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A paired iconography: Skanda’s spear (Śakti) enshrined at the site, and beside it the iron staff of Rāma, both radiating as embodiments of fame, with brāhmaṇas indicating the parallel.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Rāma (Bhārgava/Paraśurāma)
• Śakti (Skanda’s spear)
• Lohayaṣṭi (iron staff)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent through established symbols—consecrated emblems anchor divine remembrance and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates “here” (atra) within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact site-name is not contained in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (establishment/consecration) and ongoing veneration of the lohayaṣṭi as a fame-bearing sacred emblem.