Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एवं संपूज्य तां नत्वा क्षमाप्य वटयक्षिणीम् । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नरो नारी च सर्वदा

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃpūjya tāṃ natvā kṣamāpya vaṭayakṣiṇīm | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti naro nārī ca sarvadā

Translation

So erlangt, wer sie recht verehrt, sich vor der Vaṭayakṣiṇī verneigt und um Vergebung bittet, ob Mann oder Frau, jederzeit alle gewünschten Ziele.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (एवम्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ + √pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — पूर्वक्रिया

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — सर्वनाम

• natvā: having bowed
• natvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (नम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — पूर्वक्रिया

• kṣamāpya: having asked forgiveness/appeased
• kṣamāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣamāpay (क्षमापय् causative of √kṣam क्षम्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — पूर्वक्रिया; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• vaṭayakṣiṇīm: the banyan-yakṣiṇī
• vaṭayakṣiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṭa (वट) + yakṣiṇī (यक्षिणी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

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

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Kriya-visheshana (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (सर्वदा)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced), stating the phalaśruti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaṭayakṣiṇī-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee completes worship: offerings placed, hands folded, then full bow/prostration before the yakṣiṇī under the banyan; the deity bestows boons symbolically (lotus, gesture of varada).

Characters & Entities

• Vaṭayakṣiṇī
• Nara
• Nāri

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Complete worship includes reverence and repentance (seeking forgiveness), which together make devotion fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vaṭayakṣiṇī banyan-site associated with the Siddha-liṅga locale is upheld as wish-fulfilling through proper worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform full pūjā, bow (namaskāra), and offer kṣamāprārthanā (asking forgiveness) to Vaṭayakṣiṇī.