Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एत स्मात्कारणाद्गौरीं मुक्त्वैतान्पञ्चपिण्डकान् । कर्द्दमेन विधायाथ पूजयामि दिनेदिने

Transliteration

eta smātkāraṇādgaurīṃ muktvaitānpañcapiṇḍakān | karddamena vidhāyātha pūjayāmi dinedine

Translation

اسی سبب سے میں ان ریت کے پانچ پِنڈوں کو الگ رکھ کر، پھر انہیں کیچڑ سے گوندھ کر بناتی ہوں اور روز بروز گوری کی پوجا کرتی ہوں۔

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this, for this reason
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• कारणात्: from the cause/reason
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• गौरीम्: Gaurī
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मुक्त्वा: having left/released
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + मुक्त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having released/left'

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पञ्चपिण्डकान्: five lumps/balls (piṇḍakas)
• पञ्चपिण्डकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + पिण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (पञ्च पिण्डकाः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• कर्दमेन: with mud
• कर्दमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• विधाय: having made/formed
• विधाय: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) + विधाय (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having made/arranged'

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तर) = 'then'

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (दिने दिने)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (explaining ongoing daily practice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A home shrine where five small sand-lumps are set aside, then coated/shaped with mud into simple icons; the devotee performs daily worship to Gaurī with lamp and water.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in devotion matters: daily worship, even with humble materials like mud, sustains divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse describes personal daily worship rather than a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Make five piṇḍas/lumps (previously sand) into forms with mud/clay and worship Gaurī every day.