Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

मयापि च तदादेशात्कौमार्येपि च संस्थया । पूजया वत्सरं यावत्पूजिता पतिकाम्यया

Transliteration

mayāpi ca tadādeśātkaumāryepi ca saṃsthayā | pūjayā vatsaraṃ yāvatpūjitā patikāmyayā

Translation

Auch ich folgte jener Weisung – noch in der Jungfräulichkeit und mit rechter Observanz – und verehrte (Gaurī) ein volles Jahr lang mit Pūjā, im Wunsch nach einem Gatten.

Word by Word

• मया: by me / I
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; (लिङ्ग-अनिश्चित/सर्वनाम)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वय (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• तदादेशात्: from/according to that instruction
• तदादेशात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तस्य आदेशः (that instruction); ‘from/according to that instruction’

• कौमार्ये: in maidenhood
• कौमार्ये: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अवस्थावाचक (in maidenhood)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• संस्थया: by the observance/arrangement
• संस्थया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकार/विधि (by the prescribed observance/arrangement)

• पूजया: by worship
• पूजया: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वत्सरम्: a year
• वत्सरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (duration)

• यावत्: as long as / for
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time limit/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिसूचक (as long as)

• पूजिता: was worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘पूजित’)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (was worshipped)

• पतिकाम्यया: for desiring a husband
• पतिकाम्यया: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति + काम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—पतेः काम्या (desire for a husband); हेतौ (for the sake of)

Speaker

Śāṇḍilya (narrative voice recounting practice; likely reporting his mother/daughter’s observance in first person per frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A maiden devotee (Śāṇḍilya’s speaker-identity in this passage) describes faithfully worshipping Gaurī for a year, adhering to the prescribed observances—an image of steady daily pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (implied)
• Nārada (implied instruction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas reinforce teachings through lived observance: disciplined worship undertaken with faith is presented as efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative but does not name a specific site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A year-long pūjā observance performed in maidenhood with a focused intention (pati-kāmyā).