Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

श्रवणादीनि पंचैव नक्षत्राणि पृथक्पृथक् । तव पूजाकृते पंच क्रतुतुल्यानि तानि च । भविष्यंति न संदेहः सर्वतीर्थमयानि च

Transliteration

śravaṇādīni paṃcaiva nakṣatrāṇi pṛthakpṛthak | tava pūjākṛte paṃca kratutulyāni tāni ca | bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdehaḥ sarvatīrthamayāni ca

Translation

นักษัตรทั้งห้าที่เริ่มด้วยศรวณะ—แต่ละดวงแยกกัน—เมื่อถือปฏิบัติเพื่อการบูชาท่าน ย่อมเสมอด้วยยัญพิธีเวทห้าประการ; ไร้ข้อสงสัย ทั้งหมดจักเป็นดุจรวมบุญแห่งสรรพทีรถะไว้ในตน

Word by Word

• श्रवणादीनि: (the) Śravaṇa etc. (nakṣatras)
• श्रवणादीनि: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रवणः आदिः येषाम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन-प्रायः; numeral used adjectivally

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• नक्षत्राणि: nakṣatras
• नक्षत्राणि: कर्ता (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पृथक्: each by itself
• पृथक्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; Genitive singular

• पूजाकृते: for (your) worship
• पूजाकृते: सम्प्रदान (Purpose/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूजायाः कृते = for worship), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन; Dative singular

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, बहुवचन-प्रायः; numeral qualifying implied ‘नक्षत्राणि/तानि’

• क्रतुतुल्यानि: equal to sacrifices
• क्रतुतुल्यानि: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रतु + तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्रतुभ्यः तुल्यानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• तानि: those
• तानि: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be/become
• भविष्यन्ति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• न: no/not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: वाक्योपपद (Idiomatic complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) एकवचन; Nominative singular (idiom: ‘no doubt’)

• सर्वतीर्थमयानि: consisting of all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थमयानि: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां तीर्थानां मयानि = consisting of all tīrthas), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-निपात

Speaker

Unclear from excerpt (didactic voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial calendar tableau: five nakṣatras starting with Śravaṇa appear as personified star-deities offering garlands; a devotee performs pūjā; sacrificial fires appear faintly as symbolic equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Śravaṇa (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time sanctified through devotion (nakṣatra observance) can yield sacrifice-like merit and the fruit of many pilgrimages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse claims the observance becomes ‘sarva-tīrtha-maya’—containing the merit of all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing worship aligned with five nakṣatras beginning with Śravaṇa, treating each observance as a distinct devotional act.