Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

नागराणां च नो पूजा कदाचित्प्रभविष्यति । न प्रासादोऽथ युष्माकं कदाचित्संभविष्यति

Transliteration

nāgarāṇāṃ ca no pūjā kadācitprabhaviṣyati | na prāsādo'tha yuṣmākaṃ kadācitsaṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

“నాగరులలో మా పూజ ఎప్పటికీ ప్రవహించదు; మీకు ప్రాసాదమో దేవాలయమో కూడా ఎప్పటికీ ఏర్పడదు।”

Word by Word

• nāgarāṇām: of the Nāgaras
• nāgarāṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• naḥ: our/of us
• naḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• pūjā: worship
• pūjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• kadācit: ever
• kadācit: Temporal adverb (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• prabhaviṣyati: will arise/come to be
• prabhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• prāsādaḥ: palace/temple-building
• prāsādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• atha: and also
• atha: Connector (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/पुनरुक्त्यर्थ (and then/also)

• yuṣmākam: of you (pl.)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive plural)

• kadācit: ever
• kadācit: Temporal adverb (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever)

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will come into existence
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sāvitrī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī’s curse expands from individuals to the Nāgara collective: no worship will arise, no temple will be built—an image of a sacred vacuum decreed by divine speech.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Nāgara
• Mātṛgaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives link communal worship and temple presence to dharmic harmony; breaches can symbolically explain absence of cult or shrine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha-glorification cycle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse speaks about the (non-)arising of pūjā and prāsāda due to a curse.