Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रेणानेन भवतीं स्तुत्वा च कुरुते नतिम् । तस्य संवत्सरं यावद्रोगो रक्ष्यस्त्वयाऽखिलः

Transliteration

stotreṇānena bhavatīṃ stutvā ca kurute natim | tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadrogo rakṣyastvayā'khilaḥ

Translation

جو اس ستوتر کے ذریعے تیری ستائش کرے اور ادب سے سجدۂ تعظیم کرے، اُس شخص کے لیے ایک سال تک تمام بیماریوں کو تو ہی دور رکھنا۔

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रेण: by (this) hymn
• स्तोत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd case), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by/with a hymn)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun agreeing with स्तोत्रेण

• भवतीम्: you (lady/goddess)
• भवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (addressed deity/lady)

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having praised’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कुरुते: does/makes
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Present 3rd sg (he does/makes)

• नतिम्: a bow/salutation
• नतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of him)

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; Accusative singular (duration)

• यावत्: as long as / up to
• यावत्: Kāla-nirdesha (Time delimiter/कालनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्धशब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• रोगः: disease
• रोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• रक्ष्यः: is to be warded off
• रक्ष्यः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कालिक कृदन्त (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘to be protected/should be guarded’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by you)

• अखिलः: entire/all
• अखिलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with रोगः

Speaker

Dhārā (completing the requested benefit for devotees)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhārā (Devī) shrine in Nāgara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a Devī shrine, hands folded, reciting a hymn; after the stotra he bows fully, while a subtle aura of protection encircles him, signifying illness kept at bay for a year.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• stotra
• roga (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent praise and surrender at a tīrtha invite divine protection, expressed here as freedom from illness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa Devī-shrine where this stotra is recited for protection (Adhyāya 169).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise the Goddess with the given stotra and perform namaskāra (nati) as part of worship.