Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यथायथा च तां पूजां तस्या गौर्या करोति सा । तथातथा तु सौभाग्यं तस्याश्चाप्यधिकं भवेत्

Transliteration

yathāyathā ca tāṃ pūjāṃ tasyā gauryā karoti sā | tathātathā tu saubhāgyaṃ tasyāścāpyadhikaṃ bhavet

Translation

In dem Maße, wie sie jene Verehrung der Gaurī vollzieht, wächst in eben diesem Maße ihr Glück und ihre gute Fügung—ja, es wird immer größer.

Word by Word

• यथा-यथा: as... so (in whatever manner/degree)
• यथा-यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (correlative adverb) — ‘in whatever way/degree’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• गौर्याः: of Gaurī
• गौर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (apposition to तस्याः)

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 3rd sg

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तथा-तथा: so, correspondingly
• तथा-तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (correlative adverb) — ‘so, correspondingly’

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय — particle ‘but/indeed’

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘also/even’

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — predicate adjective agreeing with सौभाग्यम्

• भवेत्: would become / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीर्लिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd sg (‘may/would be’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the devotee’s repeated Gaurī worship causes her aura of fortune to expand—lotus, lamps, and auspicious marks intensify as offerings become more devoted.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion bears proportional fruit: sincerity and fullness of worship directly amplify auspicious grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Adhyāya is a Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya connected to a jalāśaya where Gaurī is worshiped; the snippet itself emphasizes the deity’s grace more than the place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular worship (pūjā) of Gaurī, with emphasis on doing it as fully as one is able.