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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

चतुर्थे प्रहरे प्राप्ते तां गौरीं पंचपिंडिकाम् । भृंगराजेन संपूज्य मंत्रेणानेन भक्तितः

caturthe prahare prāpte tāṃ gaurīṃ paṃcapiṃḍikām | bhṛṃgarājena saṃpūjya maṃtreṇānena bhaktitaḥ

Khi canh tư đến, hãy phụng thờ Đức Gaurī trong hình tướng Pañcapiṇḍikā, kính dâng bhṛṅgarāja và chí thành trì tụng thần chú này.

चतुर्थेin the fourth
चतुर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/Time)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रहरे)
प्रहरेwatch/period (of the day)
प्रहरे:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण
प्राप्तेwhen (it) has arrived
प्राप्ते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राप्त (कृदन्त; प्र-√आप् (आप्नोति) + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
ताम्that
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (गौरीम्)
गौरीम्Gaurī (Pārvatī)
गौरीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पञ्च-पिण्डिकाम्the five-lump (form/idol)
पञ्च-पिण्डिकाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + पिण्डिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च पिण्डिकाः यस्याः/पञ्चसंख्या-युक्ता पिण्डिका)
भृङ्गराजेनwith bhṛṅgarāja (herb)
भृङ्गराजेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभृङ्गराज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
संपूज्यhaving worshipped
संपूज्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्-√पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव-भावे)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having worshipped)
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
अनेनwith this
अनेन:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्रेण)
भक्तितःdevoutly
भक्तितः:
Hetu/Prayojana (Cause/Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (manner/cause)

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha: Gaurī Pañcapiṇḍikā (form within the tīrtha context)

Type: temple

Scene: At dusk in the temple, Gaurī is represented as Pañcapiṇḍikā—five sacred lumps/marks on a pedestal—adorned with bhṛṅgarāja leaves/flowers; lamps are lit as the devotee chants the mantra.

G
Gaurī
P
Pañcapiṇḍikā
B
Bhṛṅgarāja
P
Prahara

FAQs

Time-disciplined worship honors the Goddess’s specific forms, aligning devotion with sacred order.

This is within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya ritual context; the specific site is not named in the provided verse.

In the fourth prahara, worship Gaurī as Pañcapiṇḍikā, offering bhṛṅgarāja and reciting the given mantra.

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