Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो विवाहसमये मम दत्तानि वृद्धये । पंचाक्षराणि श्रेष्ठानि योषिता दीक्षया सह । गौरी पूजाकृते चैव प्रोक्ता चाहं ततः परम्

Transliteration

tato vivāhasamaye mama dattāni vṛddhaye | paṃcākṣarāṇi śreṣṭhāni yoṣitā dīkṣayā saha | gaurī pūjākṛte caiva proktā cāhaṃ tataḥ param

Translation

ครั้นถึงกาลสมรส เพื่อความเจริญของข้า นางผู้นั้นได้ประทาน “มนต์ปัญจักษร” อันประเสริฐ พร้อมทั้งพิธีทีกษาแก่ข้า แล้วภายหลังข้าก็ได้รับคำสอนเพิ่มเติมเพื่อประกอบการบูชาเทวีคาวรี

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (adverb)

• विवाहसमये: at the time of marriage
• विवाहसमये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विवाहस्य समयः)

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दत्तानि: (were) given
• दत्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (given things)

• वृद्धये: for increase/prosperity
• वृद्धये: Sampradana/Prayojana (Beneficiary/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• पञ्चाक्षराणि: five-syllabled (mantras)
• पञ्चाक्षराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—द्विगु (पञ्च अक्षराणि)

• श्रेष्ठानि: excellent
• श्रेष्ठानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• योषिता: by a woman
• योषिता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (योषिता = योषित्या वैदिक/छान्दस-रूप); करणवाचक

• दीक्षया: with initiation
• दीक्षया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (postposition/adverb)

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karma (Object of worship/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पूजाकृते: for the purpose of worship
• पूजाकृते: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + कृते (कृदन्त/क्त; कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी/चतुर्थी एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः कृते = पूजाकृते)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• प्रोक्ता: was instructed/told
• प्रोक्ता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मणि—'was instructed/was told'

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक

• परम्: afterwards/further
• परम्: Kala (Sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Padmāvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a marriage-time rite, an elder woman/guru-figure imparts pañcākṣarī with dīkṣā to the bride; a small Śiva-liṅga or Gaurī icon nearby; sacred fire, flowers, and mantra transmission gesture (hand near ear or offering of akṣata).

Characters & Entities

• Pañcākṣara (five-syllabled mantra)
• Dīkṣā
• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is cultivated through properly received mantra and disciplined worship, not merely by chance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on Gaurī worship and mantric initiation within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving pañcākṣara with dīkṣā and using it for Gaurī-pūjā.