Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

प्रस्थितां मां नदीतीरमुद्दिश्य च विसर्जनम् । करिष्यामीति सा प्राह व्यक्तीभूता सुरेश्वरी

Transliteration

prasthitāṃ māṃ nadītīramuddiśya ca visarjanam | kariṣyāmīti sā prāha vyaktībhūtā sureśvarī

Translation

เมื่อข้าพระองค์ออกเดินไปยังฝั่งแม่น้ำเพื่อทำพิธีวิสรรชนาปิดท้าย พระเทวีผู้เป็นจอมแห่งเทพ ซึ่งบัดนี้ปรากฏชัด ได้ตรัสว่า: “ที่นั่นเอง เราจักให้เจ้าทำพิธีวิสรรชนา”

Word by Word

• प्रस्थिताम्: having set out
• प्रस्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past active participle in sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘माम्’)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• नदीतीरम्: the river-bank
• नदीतीरम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नद्याः तीरम् = river-bank)

• उद्दिश्य: having aimed at, intending
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya (Non-finite/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

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

• विसर्जनम्: the immersion/dispatch (rite)
• विसर्जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि+सृज् (धातु) + ल्युट् (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; क्रियानाम (action-noun: ‘immersion/dispatch’)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्यपरिसमाप्ति/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• व्यक्तीभूता: having become manifest
• व्यक्तीभूता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यक्ती (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सुरेश्वरी’)

• सुरेश्वरी: the goddess, mistress of the gods
• सुरेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् ईश्वरी = queen/lady of the gods)

Speaker

Narrator-devotee (female votary); the verse reports the Goddess’ instruction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat (implied)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lakṣmī proceeds toward the riverbank to perform the concluding dismissal; the Goddess becomes clearly manifest and instructs her about performing the dismissal there.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (Goddess)
• Nadī (river)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are perfected through divine guidance; the Goddess directs the devotee to complete the ritual properly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The riverbank associated with the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative context, where rites are to be concluded according to the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing visarjana—the formal concluding/dismissal rite—at the riverbank as instructed by the Goddess.