Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

आहूतासि मया देवि पूजितासि मया शुभे । मम सौभाग्यदानाय यथेष्टं गम्यतामिति

Transliteration

āhūtāsi mayā devi pūjitāsi mayā śubhe | mama saubhāgyadānāya yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāmiti

Translation

يا إلهة، لقد دعوتُكِ بنفسي؛ يا مباركة، لقد عبدتُكِ وقرّبتُ لكِ. فامنحيني الحظَّ السعيد، ثم انصرفي الآن كما تشائين.

Word by Word

• आहूता: invited/called
• आहूता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘called/invited’ (agreeing with ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Singular; pronoun

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘worshipped’ (agreeing with ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Singular; pronoun

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive (6th), Singular; pronoun

• सौभाग्यदानाय: for granting good fortune
• सौभाग्यदानाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य-दान (प्रातिपदिक; सौभाग्य + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Dative (4th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सौभाग्यस्य दानम्)

• यथेष्टम्: as you wish
• यथेष्टम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-इष्ट (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक; यथा + इष्ट)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय — indeclinable adverb ‘as desired/according to wish’

• गम्यताम्: may you depart/go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, passive voice, 3rd person, Singular: ‘let (it) be gone/please depart’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय — quotative particle

Speaker

Lakṣmī (contextual; dismissal/visarjana formula within the rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devotee-princess (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, hands folded, addresses the radiant Gaurī icon: having invoked and worshiped her, she requests the goddess to depart; priests prepare for immersion while lamps flicker and flowers are strewn.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship includes a respectful completion—invocation and dismissal—seeking auspiciousness while honoring divine autonomy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general conclusion-mantra within a tīrtha-based observance; it does not specify a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal concluding mantra: acknowledge invocation and worship, request saubhāgya, and perform the Goddess’s dismissal (visarjana).