Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यस्तां चैत्रसिते पक्षे संप श्येदष्टमीदिने । तस्याभीष्टा भवेत्सिद्धिः सर्वदैव द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

yastāṃ caitrasite pakṣe saṃpa śyedaṣṭamīdine | tasyābhīṣṭā bhavetsiddhiḥ sarvadaiva dvijottamāḥ

Translation

O Beste der Zweifachgeborenen: Wer sie am achten Tag (Aṣṭamī) der dunklen Monatshälfte des Caitra schaut, dem wird die Erfüllung des Ersehnten zuteil; Erfolg kommt gewiss zu ihm.

Word by Word

• यः: whoever (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• चैत्रसिते: in the bright (śukla) fortnight of Caitra
• चैत्रसिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैत्रसित (प्रातिपदिक; चैत्र + सित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘चैत्रे सितः’ इति कर्मधारय; पक्षे इति विशेषणम्

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• सम्पश्येत्: should see
• सम्पश्येत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पश्य् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अष्टमीदिने: on the day of the eighth lunar day (Aṣṭamī)
• अष्टमीदिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमीदिन (प्रातिपदिक; अष्टमी + दिन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अष्टम्याः दिनम्)

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अभीष्टा: desired
• अभीष्टा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; अभि + इष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सिद्धिः इति विशेषणम् (desired)

• भवेत्: would be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सिद्धिः: success/attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (indeed)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रयुक्तः (vocative sense)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemaṃkarī/Kātyāyanī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of Caitra dark fortnight; aṣṭamī worship at the Devī temple—rows of lamps, devotees queue for darśana; the narrator promises iṣṭa-siddhi to the faithful.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣemaṃkarī (Devī)
• Caitra (month)
• Aṣṭamī (tithi)
• Dvijas (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing (tithi) joined with Devī-darśana in a holy place is taught as a powerful means for attaining siddhi and auspicious fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s darśana is framed within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Tīrthamāhātmya narrative of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (beholding the Devī) specifically on Caitra kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī is prescribed as a merit-bearing observance.