Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

नवशाखः पंचकल्पस्त्वया कार्यः सुखावहः

Transliteration

navaśākhaḥ paṃcakalpastvayā kāryaḥ sukhāvahaḥ

Translation

تمہیں ‘نَو شاخہ’ اور ‘پَنج کَلپ’ نامی ورت/انوشٹھان کرنا چاہیے؛ یہ سکھ اور کلیان بخشنے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• नवशाखः: having nine branches
• नवशाखः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव + शाख (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (नव शाखाः यस्य)

• पञ्चकल्पः: consisting of five kalpas
• पञ्चकल्पः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + कल्प (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु/तत्पुरुषसमास (पञ्च कल्पाः यस्य)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कार्यः: should be done/made
• कार्यः: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णीयत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: to be done), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुखावहः: bringing happiness
• सुखावहः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (सुखम् आवहति इति)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pippalāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada instructs Pippalāda to undertake two named disciplines—Nine-Branches and Five-Kalpas—promising well-being; the scene is a calm transmission of a ritual program.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Happiness and spiritual steadiness come through disciplined, scripturally guided observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this single line; it presents a practice within the broader tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking “navaśākha” and “pañcakalpa” as a prescribed observance (anushthāna).