Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तेन वो भविता तृप्तिर्देवानां च यथा मखैः । याः पुनर्न करिष्यंति पूजामेतां मयोदिताम्

Transliteration

tena vo bhavitā tṛptirdevānāṃ ca yathā makhaiḥ | yāḥ punarna kariṣyaṃti pūjāmetāṃ mayoditām

Translation

அதனால் நீங்கள் திருப்தியடைவீர்கள்; தேவர்கள் யாகங்களால் திருப்தியடைவதுபோல. ஆனால் நான் உரைத்த இந்தப் பூஜையைச் செய்யாதவர்கள்—

Word by Word

• तेन: by that / thereby
• तेन: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/हेतु), एकवचनम्; pronoun ‘that’ in Instrumental singular (by/with that)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna/Śeṣa (Recipient/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-रूपम् (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचनम्; enclitic pronoun ‘of you/to you’

• भविता: will be / will become
• भविता: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; parasmaipada

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Śeṣa (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• यथा: as / just like
• यथा: Upamāna (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्ययम् (comparative adverb: as/like)

• मखैः: by sacrifices
• मखैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• याः: those (women) who
• याः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; relative pronoun

• पुनः: again / further
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति/पुनः-अव्ययम् (adverb: again/further)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; parasmaipada

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘पूजाम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; demonstrative used adjectivally

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/with PPP)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; pronoun ‘by me’

• उदिताम्: spoken/declared
• उदिताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of ‘पूजाम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वद्/√उद्+इ? here ‘उदित’ = ‘said/uttered’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle) qualifying ‘पूजाम्’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (authoritative voice prescribing worship within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/authority figure proclaims that the prescribed worship satisfies the devas like a sacrifice; listeners gathered in a civic-sacred space with lamps, offerings, and a small altar suggesting yajña equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship sustains cosmic reciprocity: offerings and pūjā nourish divine powers, which in turn protect and bless the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The general sacred city context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse emphasizes rite and result rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing a specific prescribed pūjā (as instructed by the speaker), framed as comparable in effect to yajña.