Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

द्वितीयादिवसे यस्त्वां महालक्ष्मीरिति ब्रुवन् । श्रीसूक्तेन सुभक्त्याऽथ देवि संपूजयिष्यति

Transliteration

dvitīyādivase yastvāṃ mahālakṣmīriti bruvan | śrīsūktena subhaktyā'tha devi saṃpūjayiṣyati

Translation

«أيتها الإلهة، من اليوم الثاني (وما بعده) من يدعوكِ “مها لاكشمي” ويعبدكِ بإخلاصٍ عميق، ويكرّمكِ بتلاوة “شري سوكتا” (Śrīsūkta)، ينل الثمرات الموعودة.»

Word by Word

• द्वितीयादिवसे: on the second day
• द्वितीयादिवसे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महालक्ष्मी: Mahālakṣmī
• महालक्ष्मी: Karma (Object of saying/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (पूर्वपद) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; इति-सम्बन्धेन नामरूपेण (as the name being uttered)

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

• ब्रुवन्: saying, uttering
• ब्रुवन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्तरि कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रीसूक्तेन: with the Śrīsūkta (hymn)
• श्रीसूक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुभक्त्या: with good devotion
• सुभक्त्या: Karana (Means/Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

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

• संपूजयिष्यति: will worship fully
• संपूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (and implicitly devotees)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee on the second day of observance sits before the Devī’s shrine, chanting Śrīsūkta from a palm-leaf manuscript while offering lotus flowers and lamps; the atmosphere is orderly and vow-like.

Characters & Entities

• Mahālakṣmī
• Śrīsūkta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right invocation (nāma) and right hymn (Śrīsūkta) joined with devotion constitute a complete act of worship that ripens into merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha framework; the site is implied by the chapter’s Māhātmya setting but not named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform full worship (saṃpūjā) while chanting/using the Śrīsūkta and uttering the name ‘Mahālakṣmī,’ specifically from the second day onward.