Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अवाप्स्यसि परां पूजां दुर्लभा ममरैरपि । यस्त्वामेतेन रूपेण संस्थितां पूजयिष्यति

Transliteration

avāpsyasi parāṃ pūjāṃ durlabhā mamarairapi | yastvāmetena rūpeṇa saṃsthitāṃ pūjayiṣyati

Translation

ستنَالين عبادةً عُليا—نادرةً حتى بين الخالدين—حين يعبدك إنسانٌ وأنتِ قائمةٌ في هذا الشكل بعينه.

Word by Word

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव्-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (पूजाम्)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दुर्लभा: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक: दुर् + लभ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (पूजा)

• ममरैः: by the immortals (gods)
• ममरैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (सम्बन्धवाचक)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• एतेन: with this
• एतेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (रूपेण)

• रूपेण: by/with (this) form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• संस्थिताम्: seated/standing (as you are)
• संस्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (त्वाम्)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhyavāsinī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devas proclaim a boon-like assurance: whoever worships the Goddess in this very established form causes her to receive supreme worship, rare even among immortals—an image of devotees approaching the fierce Devi with offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Amarāḥ (immortals)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion offered to the manifest form of the Goddess is exalted and yields extraordinary merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Mahatmya of a Devī-centered tīrtha associated with Vindhyavāsinī in the Vindhya milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the Goddess specifically in the described form is recommended.