Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

धर्मारण्ये स्थितां चैव येऽर्चयिष्यंति मानवाः । आश्विने मासि चैत्रे वा नवम्यां शुक्लपक्षके ऽ

Transliteration

dharmāraṇye sthitāṃ caiva ye'rcayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | āśvine māsi caitre vā navamyāṃ śuklapakṣake '

Translation

Die Menschen, die Mich verehren, wie Ich in Dharmāraṇya weile—sei es im Monat Āśvina oder im Monat Caitra—am neunten Tag der hellen Monatshälfte…

Word by Word

• धर्मारण्ये: in Dharmāraṇya
• धर्मारण्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• स्थिताम्: (me) abiding
• स्थिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = ‘standing/abiding’

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis particle)

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

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मानवाः: people
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; ‘ये’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• आश्विने: in (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विने: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-विशेषणरूपे

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• चैत्रे: in (the month) Caitra
• चैत्रे: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-नाम

• वा: or
• वा: Connector (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunction)

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth (tithi)
• नवम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथि-वाचक

• शुक्लपक्षके: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षके: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘शुक्लः पक्षकः’ = bright fortnight

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General pilgrims (‘mānavāḥ’) within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in a forest-shrine setting offer flowers, lamps, and incense to Durgā on Śukla-navāmī; the moon of the bright fortnight is visible, with seasonal hints of Āśvina (autumn clarity) or Caitra (spring blossoms).

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāraṇya
• Āśvina
• Caitra
• Navamī
• Śuklapakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes especially fruitful when aligned with sacred time (Navamī) and sacred place (Dharmāraṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where the Devī is said to abide and be worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of the Devī in Dharmāraṇya on bright-fortnight Navamī in Āśvina or Caitra.