Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

इमाः पूज्याश्च लोकेऽत्र चतुर्विंशतिसंख्यकाः । तासां च दैवतं विष्णुं नामानि च वदाम्यहम्

Transliteration

imāḥ pūjyāśca loke'tra caturviṃśatisaṃkhyakāḥ | tāsāṃ ca daivataṃ viṣṇuṃ nāmāni ca vadāmyaham

Translation

یہ چوبیسوں اسی دنیا میں پوجا کے لائق مانے گئے ہیں؛ ان کے ادھِشٹھاتا دیوتا وشنو ہیں۔ اب میں ان کے نام بھی بیان کرتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• imāḥ: these (f.)
• imāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pūjyāḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √pūj पूज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• caturviṃśati-saṃkhyakāḥ: numbering twenty-four
• caturviṃśati-saṃkhyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturviṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numerical qualifier)

• tāsām: of them
• tāsām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• daivatam: deity
• daivatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daivata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object-complement) अधिकयुक्ता

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• nāmāni: names
• nāmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vadāmi: I speak/tell
• vadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (वद्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śāligrāma-śilā (24 pūjya-bhedas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator prepares to recite a litany of names; a ceremonial arrangement shows multiple Śāligrāmas in a row, each with a small label/gesture indicating its name, under a Viṣṇu emblem (śaṅkha-cakra).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Śāligrāma-śilā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All authentic Śāligrāma forms are worship-worthy because they are fundamentally expressions of Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Gaṇḍakī–Śāligrāma sacred geography is the implied setting of this Śāligrāma-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the twenty-four Śāligrāma types with awareness that Viṣṇu is their presiding deity.