Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एतद्रूपां पुमान्योऽत्र पूजयिष्यति भक्तितः । एतां विष्णो त्वया सार्धं तथानेन च सीरिणा

Transliteration

etadrūpāṃ pumānyo'tra pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ | etāṃ viṣṇo tvayā sārdhaṃ tathānena ca sīriṇā

Translation

హే విష్ణూ! ఈ స్థలంలో ఈ రూపంలోనే ఆమెను భక్తితో పూజించే వాడు—మీతో పాటు ఈ సీరధారి (బలరాముడు) తో కూడ—ఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు।

Word by Word

• एतद्रूपाम्: (her) of this form
• एतद्रूपाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; tatpuruṣa: ‘of this form’ qualifying (etām)

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/कारण), एकवचन; ablative used adverbially ‘out of devotion’

• एताम्: her
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; vocative

• त्वया: with you / by you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition/adverb meaning ‘together with’)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise/also)

• अनेन: with this (one)
• अनेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular ‘with this (one)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सीरिणा: with Sīrin (Balarāma)
• सीरिणा: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीरिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular; epithet ‘plough-bearer’ (Balarāma)

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing boon/instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships Subhadrā in her auspicious form at the local shrine, flanked by Viṣṇu with Śārṅga and Balarāma with plough; offerings of flowers, lamps, and incense; the sanctum suggests a tīrtha-temple near water.

Characters & Entities

• Subhadrā
• Viṣṇu
• Balarāma (Sīrin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (bhakti) performed in a sacred context is affirmed as a direct means to obtain divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates “here/in this place (atra)” but does not name the tīrtha in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prescription of pūjā: worship Subhadrā in that form, together with Viṣṇu and Balarāma.