Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नवम्यां शुक्लपक्षे तु मालां विल्वमयीं शुभाम् । भक्त्या निवेद्य तां देव्यै सर्वसिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

navamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu mālāṃ vilvamayīṃ śubhām | bhaktyā nivedya tāṃ devyai sarvasiddhimavāpnuyāt

Translation

Am neunten Mondtag (Navamī) der hellen Monatshälfte (śukla-pakṣa) erlangt, wer der Göttin in Hingabe eine glückverheißende Girlande aus Bilva-Blättern darbringt, die volle Erfüllung aller Siddhis (sarva-siddhi).

Word by Word

• navamyām: on the ninth (tithi)
• navamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular (tithi)

• śukla-pakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय; ‘bright fortnight’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; विरोध/विशेष) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• mālām: garland
• mālām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• vilva-mayīm: made of bilva leaves
• vilva-mayīm: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vilva (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘made of bilva’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; विशेषण

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; विशेषण

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular

• nivedya: having offered
• nivedya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid (विद् धातु; निवेदय-) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having offered’

• tām: that (garland)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative Singular; सर्वनाम

• devyai: to the goddess
• devyai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन — Dative Singular

• sarva-siddhim: complete success
• sarva-siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय; ‘all-success’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• avāpnuyāt: should attain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘should obtain’

Speaker

Not explicit in verse (context: Māhātmya narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tilāgaurī / Duḥkhāntakāriṇī (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bright-fortnight Navamī: devotees weave a bilva garland and offer it at the Devī shrine in Prabhāsa; the sanctum glows with lamps, and the offering is shown as the key act leading to ‘sarva-siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bilva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (tithi) joined with devotion and proper offering is celebrated as a complete path to auspicious accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this Navamī observance is prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Śukla Pakṣa Navamī, offer a bilva-leaf garland to the Goddess with devotion.