Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

जना ऊचुः । एषा गाधिसुतानाम ख्याता त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी । अन्तःपुरात्समायाता गौरीपूजनलालसा

Transliteration

janā ūcuḥ | eṣā gādhisutānāma khyātā trailokyasundarī | antaḥpurātsamāyātā gaurīpūjanalālasā

Translation

ผู้คนกล่าวว่า: “นางนี้เลื่องลือว่าเป็นธิดาของคาธิ (Gādhi) งามยิ่งในไตรโลก นางออกมาจากพระราชฐานชั้นใน ด้วยความปรารถนาจะบูชาพระแม่คาวรี (Gaurī)”

Word by Word

• जनाः: the people
• जनाः: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गाधिसुतानाम्: of the sons/descendants of Gādhi
• गाधिसुतानाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाधि + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी) ‘गाधेः सुताः’; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• नाम: by name; namely
• नाम: Sambandha (specifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निदर्शन/उपपद) = particle ‘by name/namely’

• ख्याता: renowned; famous
• ख्याता: Visheshana (qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (भूतकर्मणि) = past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘एषा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी: beauty of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी: Karta (predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी) ‘त्रैलोक्यस्य सुन्दरी’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अन्तःपुरात्: from the inner palace
• अन्तःपुरात्: Apadana (source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• समायाता: has come; arrived
• समायाता: Kriya (predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धाातु) → समायात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (भूतकर्मणि) = past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘एषा’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• गौरीपूजनलालसा: eager to worship Gaurī
• गौरीपूजनलालसा: Visheshana (qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौरी + पूजन + लालसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन-सम्बन्धः) ‘गौरीपूजने लालसा यस्याः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

People (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Villagers identify the maiden as Gādhi’s daughter, celebrated as tri-loka-sundarī, having come from the palace quarters with a single-minded desire to worship Gaurī.

Characters & Entities

• Gādhi
• Gādhi-sutā
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to the Divine Mother (Gaurī) is presented as a royal and public virtue, harmonizing worldly life with sacred worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kauśikī river tīrtha region, where Gaurī-worship is being undertaken in the Mahātmya’s landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gaurī-pūjā (worship of Goddess Gaurī) is explicitly mentioned.