Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

उमामहेश्वरौ देवौ मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत्

Transliteration

umāmaheśvarau devau maṃtreṇānena pūjayet

Translation

இம்மந்திரத்தால் உமா-மஹேஸ்வரராகிய தெய்வத் தம்பதியரைப் பூஜிக்க வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• उमामहेश्वरौ: Umā and Maheśvara
• उमामहेश्वरौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा + महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व ‘Umā and Maheśvara’ (dual)

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, द्विवचन; in apposition to उमामहेश्वरौ; here द्वितीया as object with पूजयेत्

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘with this’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (contextual continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding worship moment: the devotee stands with folded hands before Umā-Maheśvara, mantra on lips, offerings arranged, the shrine calm and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Maheśvara
• Mantra
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship is both devotional and scripturally guided—performed through mantra and reverence to the divine couple.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this line itself is a general instruction without a place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Umā and Maheśvara using the specified mantra.