Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यः पीठं तत्र पूजयेत् । आगमोक्तविधानेन सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ pīṭhaṃ tatra pūjayet | āgamoktavidhānena samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

مَن عبدَ ذلك المقعدَ المقدّس هناك في اليوم القمري الرابع عشر من النصف المظلم من شهر ماغها، على وفقِ الهيئة المبيّنة في الآغامَات (Āgamas)، ومع إيمانٍ راسخ—

Word by Word

• माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth day of Māgha (dark fortnight)
• माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (माघस्य कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पीठम्: the sacred seat (pīṭha)
• पीठम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• आगमोक्तविधानेन: by the procedure stated in the Āgamas
• आगमोक्तविधानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम + उक्त + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आगमे उक्तं विधानम्)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-समासः (श्रद्धया समन्वितः = endowed with faith)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the ṛṣis (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time temple worship at the pīṭha on Māgha’s dark fortnight fourteenth: devotees with lamps, flowers, incense; priests perform Āgamic rites before the goddess-seat, with focused, unwavering faith.

Characters & Entities

• Citreśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful, rule-based worship aligned with Āgamic injunctions is presented as the correct way to approach a powerful pīṭha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pīṭha identified in this adhyāya as Citreśvarīpīṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pīṭha-pūjā on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī according to Āgama-vidhi, with sincere śraddhā.