Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यस्तामर्चयते सम्यक्पौर्णमास्यां विशेषतः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति स मनोवांछितां स्तदा

Transliteration

yastāmarcayate samyakpaurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sa manovāṃchitāṃ stadā

Translation

Wer sie recht verehrt—besonders am Vollmondtag—erlangt alle Wünsche, selbst die lange im Herzen gehegten.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: he who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tām: her/that (goddess/one)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• arcayate: worships
• arcayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; causative/णिजन्त (अर्चयति/अर्चयते) प्रयोगः

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• manovāñchitām: the wished-for (desired)
• manovāñchitām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas + vāñchita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; मनसा वाञ्छिता इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (desired by the mind)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs full-moon worship before a radiant Devī image; moonlight floods the courtyard; offerings arranged in orderly rows; the atmosphere is calm yet charged with boon-granting power.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī (Devī)
• Paurṇamāsī (Full-moon observance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship timed with auspicious lunar days is celebrated as especially fruitful, aligning devotion with sacred time (kāla).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sāvitrī shrine/spot described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 192.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Sāvitrī-arcana (worship) specifically on Paurṇamāsī (full-moon day) for heightened results.