Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चावलोकिता । नराणां रुक्मिणी देवी सर्वान्कामा न्प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ cāvalokitā | narāṇāṃ rukmiṇī devī sarvānkāmā nprayacchati

Translation

في اليوم القمري الثامن والرابع عشر والتاسع، إذا ما نُظِرَت الإلهة رُكْمِنِيّ وتُمَّت رؤيتها بخشوع، منحت الناس جميع ما يتمنّونه من رغبات.

Word by Word

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (lunar day)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• navamyām: on the ninth (lunar day)
• navamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• avalokitā: having been seen/visited
• avalokitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava + √lok (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (devī इति)

• narāṇām: of men / for men
• narāṇām: Sampradāna/Sambandha (Beneficiary relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• rukmiṇī: Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; rukmiṇī इत्यस्य apposition

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kāmān इति)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• prayacchati: grants/bestows
• prayacchati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees behold Goddess Rukmiṇī on specified tithis; she stands/sits with lotus, adorned as queen of Dvārakā, granting boons (varada-mudrā); moon-phase symbols subtly indicate Aṣṭamī/Navamī/Caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the deity on sacred tithis is taught as a potent devotional act that bears tangible fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s Rukmiṇī-focused sacred setting (implied by the Dvārakā Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avalokana/darśana of Rukmiṇī on Aṣṭamī, Navamī, and Caturdaśī for fulfillment of desires.