Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

शाकम्भरीति विख्याता भार्याऽसीच्चंडशर्मणः । तया संस्थापिता दुर्गा सरस्वत्याः शुभे तटे

Transliteration

śākambharīti vikhyātā bhāryā'sīccaṃḍaśarmaṇaḥ | tayā saṃsthāpitā durgā sarasvatyāḥ śubhe taṭe

Translation

وہ ‘شاکمبھری’ کے نام سے مشہور تھی؛ چنڈشرما کی زوجہ تھی۔ اسی نے سرسوتی کے مبارک کنارے پر دیوی دُرگا کی پرتیِشٹھا قائم کی۔

Word by Word

• śākambharī: Śākambharī
• śākambharī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākambharī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iti: thus (named)
• iti: Avyaya (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (name/quotation marker)

• vikhyātā: was renowned
• vikhyātā: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• caṇḍaśarmaṇaḥ: of Caṇḍaśarman
• caṇḍaśarmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍaśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana/Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• saṃsthāpitā: was established
• saṃsthāpitā: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā + √āp (धातु; causative sense)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• durgā: Goddess Durgā
• durgā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarasvatyāḥ: of (the river) Sarasvatī
• sarasvatyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (taṭe)

• taṭe: on the bank
• taṭe: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-taṭa Durgā-sthāna (as described)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śākambharī, wife of Caṇḍaśarman, establishes an image/shrine of Durgā on the bright, auspicious Sarasvatī riverbank; devotees gather as the consecration completes.

Characters & Entities

• Śākambharī
• Caṇḍaśarman
• Durgā
• Sarasvatī (river)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is sanctified by divine installation (pratiṣṭhā); devotion rooted in place becomes a lasting channel of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious bank of the Sarasvatī river where Śākambharī established (installed) Goddess Durgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā/saṃsthāpana (installation) of Durgā is referenced, implying consecration and ongoing worship at that riverside shrine.