Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच तां हृष्टः सर्वयोगिनिसंनिधौ । अनेन तव नृत्येन गीतेन च विशेषतः

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca tāṃ hṛṣṭaḥ sarvayoginisaṃnidhau | anena tava nṛtyena gītena ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

అప్పుడు అతడు హర్షంతో సమస్త యోగినీల సన్నిధిలో ఆమెతో పలికెను—“నీ ఈ నృత్యముచేత, ముఖ్యంగా నీ గీతముచేత…।”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg. perf.)

• ताम्: to her; her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem. acc. sg.)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् से क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• सर्वयोगिनिसंनिधौ: in the presence of all the yoginīs
• सर्वयोगिनिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः: सर्वासां योगिनीनां संनिधिः; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (loc. sg.: in the presence)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instr. sg.: by/with this)

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

• नृत्येन: by (your) dance
• नृत्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• गीतेन: by (your) song
• गीतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् से क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: especially/particularly)

Speaker

Maheśvara (deduced from immediate context: prior verse states Maheśvara was pleased, and ‘he spoke’ thereafter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara, delighted, addresses the dancer in a sanctified assembly; Yoginīs stand as witnesses; the moment is poised between performance and proclamation of a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is portrayed as responding to sincere worship—song and dance offered with devotion invite the Lord’s spoken blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the particular tīrtha is not named in these lines.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse sets up a reward/boon framework following devotional performance, which continues into explicit ritual instructions in subsequent verses.