Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यस्तां पूजयते भक्त्या त्रयोदश्यां तथैव च । नापवादो भवेत्तस्य परदारसमुद्भवः

Transliteration

yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā trayodaśyāṃ tathaiva ca | nāpavādo bhavettasya paradārasamudbhavaḥ

Translation

Wer sie in Hingabe verehrt, besonders am Trayodaśī, dem dreizehnten Mondtag, den trifft keine Verleumdung, die aus Umgang mit der Gattin eines anderen entspringt.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ताम्: her/that (goddess)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश्य-वस्तु (demonstrative pronoun)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth (lunar day)
• त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अपवादः: slander/blame
• अपवादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would arise/be
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• परदारसमुद्भवः: arising from (relation with) another’s wife
• परदारसमुद्भवः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परदार + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); समुद्भव < सम्+उद्+भू (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (परदारस्य समुद्भवः)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers lamps, flowers, and incense to a goddess on Trayodaśī; behind, whispering townsfolk are stilled, symbolizing the cessation of slander; the devotee stands calm and composed.

Characters & Entities

• Khaṇḍaśilā (implied 'tām')
• Trayodaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional observance (bhakti-yukta pūjā) supports moral reputation and safeguards social dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship focuses on the local sacred presence associated with Khaṇḍaśilā in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Trayodaśī (the 13th tithi) with devotion is prescribed for the stated protective merit.