Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

अद्य प्रभृति यः पूजां मंत्रपूजां करिष्यति । तव मर्त्यो धरापृष्ठे यथान्येषां दिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

adya prabhṛti yaḥ pūjāṃ maṃtrapūjāṃ kariṣyati | tava martyo dharāpṛṣṭhe yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām

Translation

آج ہی سے جو کوئی منتر کے ساتھ پوجا کرے گا، وہ زمین پر رہنے والا فانی ہو کر بھی دوسرے آسمانی باشندوں کے مانند مرتبہ پا لے گا۔

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (today)

• प्रभृति: from (now) onwards
• प्रभृति: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक (from onwards/since)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मंत्रपूजाम्: mantra-worship
• मंत्रपूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘worship with mantras / mantra-worship’

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘your/of you’

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘mortal man’

• धरापृष्ठे: on the earth’s surface
• धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘on the surface of the earth’

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (as/like)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of others’

• दिवौकसाम्: of the heavenly-dwellers (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) + ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘those whose dwelling is in heaven’ (= gods)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced: Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on earth performs mantra-pūjā at a sacred spot; above, devas appear as a luminous realm, indicating the devotee’s future parity with celestial dwellers; the scene contrasts earthly ground with heavenly radiance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular mantra-accompanied worship elevates a human life to a deva-like state through puṇya and disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a general phalaśruti within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is determined by the immediately surrounding verses of Adhyāya 192.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā specifically as mantra-pūjā—worship conducted with proper sacred recitation—beginning from today onward.