Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एषापि कन्यका यस्मात्प्रविष्टा पीठमध्यतः । तस्मात्फलवतीनाम योगिनी सम्भविष्यति

Transliteration

eṣāpi kanyakā yasmātpraviṣṭā pīṭhamadhyataḥ | tasmātphalavatīnāma yoginī sambhaviṣyati

Translation

एषा अपि कन्यका यस्मात् पीठमध्यतः प्रविष्टा, तस्मात् फलवतीनाम योगिनी अत्र सम्भविष्यति।

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• कन्यका: girl/maiden
• कन्यका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: since/because
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे—‘because/since’

• प्रविष्टा: entered
• प्रविष्टा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘entered’ (agreeing with कन्यका)

• पीठमध्यतः: from the middle of the pedestal
• पीठमध्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पीठ-मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्राय प्रयोग: तः-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘from the middle of the pedestal’

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तस्मात् = ‘therefore/from that’

• फलवती: Phalavatī (name)
• फलवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम-विशेष (proper name)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक अव्यय (particle indicating name: ‘by name’)

• योगिनी: a yoginī
• योगिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्भविष्यति: will arise / will come to be
• सम्भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva-sattama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden mystically enters the center of the pedestal; from this event arises the Yoginī Phalavatī, suggesting a subtle emergence of śakti from the shrine’s core.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• kanyakā (maiden)
• pīṭha
• Phalavatī Yoginī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become charged with divine presences; the tīrtha is not only geography but a living field of śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A pīṭha-centered sacred spot is indicated, but the excerpt does not provide the site’s proper name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it announces the manifestation/identity of a Yoginī associated with the pīṭha.