Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ये चैनां प्रणमिष्यंति पूजयिष्यंति भक्तितः । त्रयस्त्रिंशद्भिः कोटीभिर्देवीभिः पूजिता च तैः

Transliteration

ye caināṃ praṇamiṣyaṃti pūjayiṣyaṃti bhaktitaḥ | trayastriṃśadbhiḥ koṭībhirdevībhiḥ pūjitā ca taiḥ

Translation

Wer sich vor Ihr verneigt und Sie in Hingabe verehrt—durch ihn ist die Göttin, als wäre sie von dreiunddreißig Krore Göttinnen verehrt worden.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (those who)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• एनाम्: her
• एनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (her/this one)

• प्रणमिष्यन्ति: will bow down to
• प्रणमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) (causative sense in stem पूजय-)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भक्तितः: with/from devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) 'भक्तितः' = भक्त्या/भक्त्या हेतोः (out of devotion)

• त्रयस्त्रिंशद्भिः: by thirty-three
• त्रयस्त्रिंशद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस् + त्रिंशत् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक—'त्रयश्च त्रिंशच्च' → 33; (by thirty-three)

• कोटीभिः: by crores
• कोटीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• देवीभिः: by goddesses
• देवीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• पूजिता: is/was worshipped
• पूजिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (in passive: 'she is worshipped')
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (and)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (by them)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suvarṇākṣī-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees bowing at the shrine of Suvarṇākṣī; behind/around her, a visionary aura reveals countless Devīs (33 crores) as a celestial assembly, suggesting that one worship touches all.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Praṇāma
• Pūjā
• 33 koṭi devīs (hyperbolic multitude of goddesses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion magnifies merit immensely; sincere worship equals vast celestial honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of the installed Goddess (contextually Suvarṇākṣī), where bowing and worship are especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (prostration/bowing) and bhakti-pūjā (devotional worship) are explicitly prescribed.