Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ततः संपूजयामास नारसिंहेन भक्तितः । मन्त्रेण प्रयतो भूत्वा ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa nārasiṃhena bhaktitaḥ | mantreṇa prayato bhūtvā brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

پھر اس نے عقیدت کے ساتھ نارَسِمْہ منتر کے ذریعے باقاعدہ پوجا کی، خود کو ضبط میں رکھ کر اور برہماچریہ میں ثابت قدم ہو کر۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — 'then'

• संपूजयामास: worshipped duly
• संपूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative/intensive sense: 'worshipped fully')

• नारसिंहेन: with (the) Narasiṃha (mantra/form)
• नारसिंहेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (नर-सिंहः = Narasiṃha)

• भक्तितः: devoutly, out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (हेतौ/प्रकारे) — 'out of devotion/devotionally'

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचनम्

• प्रयतः: disciplined, purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (disciplined/pure)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूपेण), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; 'having become'

• ब्रह्मचर्य-परायणः: devoted to celibacy
• ब्रह्मचर्य-परायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मचर्ये परायणः = devoted to celibacy)

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, austere and disciplined, performs devoted worship and japa of the Nārasiṃha mantra before Bhairava’s shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Nārasiṃha-mantra
• Bhairava (context)
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion succeeds when supported by self-restraint—brahmacarya and careful discipline amplify mantra-pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship is performed in the Hāṭakeśvara-associated kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with the Nārasiṃha mantra while maintaining prayatna (discipline) and brahmacarya.