Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि कल्याणि पूजयैनां समाहिता । संप्राप्स्यसि सुसौभाग्यं मैत्रेय्या सदृशं शुभे

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi kalyāṇi pūjayaināṃ samāhitā | saṃprāpsyasi susaubhāgyaṃ maitreyyā sadṛśaṃ śubhe

Translation

Darum, o Glückverheißende, verehre auch du—gesammelt und aufmerksam—diese Göttin. O Gute, du wirst erhabenes eheliches Glück erlangen, dem der Maitreyyā gleich.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति निपातवत् (indeclinable sense ‘therefore/from that reason’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-कर्ता

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• कल्याणि: O auspicious one
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पूजय: worship
• पूजय: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• समाहिता: being composed/attentive
• समाहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘tvam’) अर्थः ‘collected/attentive’

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुसौभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• सुसौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; समासः ‘सु’ (उपसर्गवत्) + ‘सौभाग्य’

• मैत्रेय्या: like Maitreyi / with Maitreyi (as standard)
• मैत्रेय्या: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; उपमान-निर्देश (instrumental of comparison)

• सदृशम्: similar
• सदृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘सुसौभाग्यम्’)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śāṇḍilyā (to Kātyāyanī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kātyāyanī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilyā instructs Kātyāyanī to worship the Goddess with focused mind; the promise of ‘sau-bhāgya like Maitreyyā’ is conveyed as a blessing, with the Devī’s presence implied at a shrine or icon.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Maitreyyā
• Kātyāyanī
• Śāṇḍilyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded devotion in worship of the Goddess is praised as a direct cause of auspiciousness and well-being in household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but the snippet emphasizes the vratas’ merit more than naming a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship the Goddess (Gaurī) with a focused, disciplined mind to obtain saubhāgya.