Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

उमा संतिष्ठते चात्र सर्वैः संपूजिता सुरैः । एतां च स्नापयित्वेयं पूजयित्वा यथा क्रमम्

Transliteration

umā saṃtiṣṭhate cātra sarvaiḥ saṃpūjitā suraiḥ | etāṃ ca snāpayitveyaṃ pūjayitvā yathā kramam

Translation

ณ ที่นี้ พระอุมาเทวีประทับอยู่ ได้รับการสักการะบูชาจากเหล่าเทพทั้งปวง ควรสรงน้ำแด่พระรูป แล้วบูชาตามลำดับพิธีอันถูกต้อง

Word by Word

• उमा: Umā (Pārvatī)
• उमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• संतिष्ठते: stands/remains
• संतिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

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

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

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• संपूजिता: fully worshipped
• संपूजिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उमा-विशेषणम्

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्तृकरणे

• एताम्: her/this (lady)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

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

• स्नापयित्वा: having bathed (her)
• स्नापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), णिजन्त-धातु; पूर्वक्रिया

• इयम्: this (one)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'as/according to')

• क्रमम्: order/sequence
• क्रमम्: Karma/Adverbial (Object used adverbially)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (according to order)

Speaker

Deductive/Contextual Narration (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Umā’s image stands in a shrine near the river; devas in reverent posture surround her. A devotee performs abhiṣeka, water streaming over the icon, followed by orderly offerings laid out in sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right order (krama) and reverent ritual action are themselves forms of devotion, aligning the worshipper with divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (a sacred-geography praise section); the immediate snippet emphasizes the sanctity of the locale where Umā is worshipped, though the exact toponym is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity-abhiṣeka (snāna/bathing of the image) followed by pūjā performed in the prescribed sequence (yathā-kramam).