Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 381

Devanagari script

दशम्या पुष्पपूजा च भक्तिपूजा तथैव च । पुष्पे चैव सदा लक्ष्मीर्वसत्येव निरंतरम्

Transliteration

daśamyā puṣpapūjā ca bhaktipūjā tathaiva ca | puṣpe caiva sadā lakṣmīrvasatyeva niraṃtaram

Translation

في اليوم القمري العاشر (دَشَمي)، ينبغي أداء العبادة بالزهور، وكذلك العبادة بالمحبة التعبدية. حقًّا إن الإلهة لاكشمي (Lakṣmī) تقيم دائمًا بلا انقطاع في الزهور.

Word by Word

• daśamyāḥ: of the tenth (lunar day)
• daśamyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Genitive singular; ‘of/on the tenth (tithi)’)

• puṣpapūjā: flower-worship
• puṣpapūjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa-pūjā (प्रातिपदिक; पुष्प + पूजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक conjunction)

• bhaktipūjā: devotional worship
• bhaktipūjā: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti-pūjā (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ति + पूजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक conjunction)

• puṣpe: in/among flowers
• puṣpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Locative singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time)

• lakṣmīḥ: Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• vasati: dwells
• vasati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (3rd sg)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• niraṃtaram: continuously
• niraṃtaram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: niraṃtara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial accusative used as indeclinable)

Speaker

Contextual: Brahmā (if the Brahmā–Nārada discourse continues; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On daśamī, devotees heap fresh blossoms before the deity; the air is perfumed, and Lakṣmī is envisioned as subtly present within the flowers’ radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Daśamī
• Lakṣmī
• Puṣpa (flowers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship, expressed through pure offerings like flowers, is portrayed as a seat of auspiciousness (Lakṣmī).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is framed within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya milieu, but this line itself focuses on ritual observance rather than naming a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Daśamī, perform puṣpa-pūjā (flower worship) and bhakti-pūjā (devotional worship).