Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अन्योऽपि मानवो यो मां रूपेणा नेनसंस्थिताम् । पूजयिष्यति चात्रैव समं देवेन शंभुना

Transliteration

anyo'pi mānavo yo māṃ rūpeṇā nenasaṃsthitām | pūjayiṣyati cātraiva samaṃ devena śaṃbhunā

Translation

และมนุษย์ผู้ใดก็ตาม ที่บูชาข้าพเจ้าที่นี่ ในรูปนี้อันประดิษฐานอยู่ จะได้บุญเสมอด้วยการบูชาพระศัมภูเทวะเอง

Word by Word

• अन्यः: another
• अन्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; मानवः-विशेषणम्

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपातः (also/even)

• मानवः: a man; human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• रूपेण: by form; in form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निर्देशार्थक (with this)

• संस्थिताम्: situated; established
• संस्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; माम्-विशेषणम् (me, who is situated/established)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—पूज्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: here)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphasis/only)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः/क्रियाविशेषणम् (as an adverb: equally)

• देवेन: with the god
• देवेन: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• शंभुना: with Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; शिव-नाम

Speaker

A goddess/deity speaking (implied; likely the presiding devatā of the tīrtha/manifest form being worshipped)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King and, by extension, all humans

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecrated deity-form stands at a shrine; devotees offer pūjā, while an inscription-like proclamation declares the worship’s merit equal to Śiva’s worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Mānava (devotee/worshipper)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered with devotion at a sanctified manifestation is accepted as worship of the supreme deity; sacred place and sacred form intensify merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “atraiva”—this very tīrtha location in Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya, where the deity is present in a particular form (name not specified in this line alone).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (formal worship) of the deity in the stated form at that very place.