Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

यस्तान्संपूजयेद्भक्त्या पुरुषः संयतेंद्रियः । यथोक्तदिवसे प्राप्ते नापमृत्युः प्रजायते

Transliteration

yastānsaṃpūjayedbhaktyā puruṣaḥ saṃyateṃdriyaḥ | yathoktadivase prāpte nāpamṛtyuḥ prajāyate

Translation

“若有人调御诸根，以虔敬供奉彼等——当所说之日到来时——便不遭横死与夭亡。”

Word by Word

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• संपूजयेत्: should worship
• संपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); सम्-उपसर्ग

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संयतेन्द्रियः: self-controlled (with restrained senses)
• संयतेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (संयतानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथोक्तदिवसे: on the prescribed day
• यथोक्तदिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यथा + उक्त + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (यथोक्तः दिवसः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् धातु, प्र-उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

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

• अपमृत्युः: untimely death
• अपमृत्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप + मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अपमृत्युः = अकालमृत्युः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रजायते: arises/occurs
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); प्र-उपसर्ग

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative frame in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A self-controlled pilgrim worships a circle of devas in the kṣetra with folded hands, lamp and flowers; above, a dark ‘untimely death’ shadow recedes, replaced by a protective aura.

Characters & Entities

• Trayastriṃśat (implied from prior verse)
• Apamṛtyu (untimely death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with self-restraint, performed according to sacred timing, is said to protect life and stabilize destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Amareśvara-kuṇḍa Māhātmya stream in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the divine hosts on the ‘stated day’ (yathokta divasa), implying tithi-observance as taught in the surrounding verses.