Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पुरा देवि मयानंदपूरे व्याकुल चेतसा । न नता त्वं न मे कोपं तस्मात्त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

purā devi mayānaṃdapūre vyākula cetasā | na natā tvaṃ na me kopaṃ tasmāttvaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

اے دیوی! پہلے آنندپور میں میرا دل بے قرار تھا؛ میں نے آپ کو نمسکار نہ کیا۔ اس لیے مجھ پر غضب نہ کیجیے۔

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पूर्वकालवाचक adverb)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• मया: by me / I
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/with participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), एकवचन

• आनन्दपूरे: in Ānandapura
• आनन्दपूरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda-pura (प्रातिपदिक; ānanda + pura)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (place-name), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• व्याकुलचेतसा: with a disturbed mind
• व्याकुलचेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyākula-cetas (प्रातिपदिक; vyākula + cetas)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘चेतस्’; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण मया-सम्बद्धम्—‘व्याकुलेन चेतसा’

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• नता: bowed (down)
• नता: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nata (कृदन्त; √nam (नम्) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘नमिता/प्रणता’ (predicative with tvam)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object, implied ‘did/caused’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘कोपं (कृतवती)’ इत्यर्थे

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Conclusion marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/therefore) मूलतः तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Complement of arhasi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you should
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (अर्ह् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

King (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, eyes lowered, speaks penitently to the Goddess, recalling a past moment in Ānandapura when distress prevented proper obeisance.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Ānandapura
• King (nṛpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Admitting one’s lapse and seeking forgiveness is itself a dharmic act that restores the devotional relationship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandapura is mentioned as a location in the narrative, but the verse does not explicitly frame it as a tīrtha or describe its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the act is verbal confession and request for kṣamā (forbearance).