Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

ततश्चाराधयामास सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्विता । अंबिकां सा तदा देवीं स्थापयित्वा सुरेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

tataścārādhayāmāsa samyakchraddhāsamanvitā | aṃbikāṃ sā tadā devīṃ sthāpayitvā sureśvarīm

Translation

پھر پختہ عقیدت سے بھرپور ہو کر اس نے ٹھیک طریقے سے عبادت کی؛ وہاں دیوی امبیکا کو، جو دیوتاؤں کی حاکمہ ہے، قائم کر کے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereupon)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• ārādhayāmāsa: worshipped
• ārādhayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-rādh (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परोक्षभूत (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: properly, well)

• śraddhā: with faith
• śraddhā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• samanvitā: endowed (with)
• samanvitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anvita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Past participle used adjectivally: endowed with; Feminine Nom. Sing.)

• aṃbikām: Ambikā (the Mother Goddess)
• aṃbikām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃbikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: at that time)

• devīm: goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• sthāpayitvā: having installed
• sthāpayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sthāpaya (णिजन्त from sthā (धातु)) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having स्थापित/installed

• sureśvarīm: Sureśvarī (Lady of the gods)
• sureśvarīm: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sureśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a sacred clearing or temple site, the woman installs Ambikā—an image or symbol—then begins worship with focused faith; the atmosphere shifts from grief to sanctification.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā
• Sureśvarī
• Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā (faith) joined with correct worship turns a holy place into a living meeting-point with the Divine Mother.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is highlighted as the setting where Ambikā is स्थापित (installed) and worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-sthāpana (establishing/installing the Goddess) followed by proper ārādhanā (worship) with faith.