Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अत्रागत्य नदीतीरे यैषा संस्थापिता मया

Transliteration

atrāgatya nadītīre yaiṣā saṃsthāpitā mayā

Translation

เมื่อมาถึง ณ ที่นี้ ริมฝั่งแม่น้ำ ข้าพเจ้าได้อัญเชิญและสถาปนาพระรูป (เทวี/ปาง) นี้ไว้

Word by Word

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

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: gam (धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• nadī-tīre: on the river-bank
• nadī-tīre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī + tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nadyāḥ tīre)

• yā: she who / which
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• eṣā: this (she)
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• saṃsthāpitā: was स्थापित/installed
• saṃsthāpitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग) + saṃsthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (past passive participle)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śākambharī (contextual; verse is a fragment continuing her statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred figure arrives at the riverbank and establishes a divine presence—placing or consecrating an icon at the edge of flowing water, inaugurating a new tīrtha focus.

Characters & Entities

• Śākambharī
• Riverbank (Sarasvatī context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity is reinforced through founding acts—arrival, installation, and continued remembrance of the consecrated presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The riverbank setting within the Sarasvatī context (Sarasvatī-taṭa) where the installation was performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃsthāpana/pratiṣṭhā (installation) at the riverbank is indicated, implying consecration and subsequent worship.