Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नवम्यां तत्र संपूज्य देवीपीठं च योगिनीम् । स सर्वान्प्राप्नुयात्कामान्भवेत्स्वर्गांगनाप्रियः

Transliteration

navamyāṃ tatra saṃpūjya devīpīṭhaṃ ca yoginīm | sa sarvānprāpnuyātkāmānbhavetsvargāṃganāpriyaḥ

Translation

Wer dort am Tage der Navamī (neunte Tithi) den heiligen Pīṭha der Devī und die Yoginī verehrt, erlangt alle Wünsche und wird den himmlischen Jungfrauen lieb.

Word by Word

• navamyām: on the ninth (tithi)
• navamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (on the ninth lunar day)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले (having worshipped)

• devīpīṭham: the देवी-seat (goddess shrine)
• devīpīṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī-pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• yoginīm: the Yoginī
• yoginīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

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

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

• prāpnuyāt: would obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• svargāṃganāpriyaḥ: beloved of heavenly maidens
• svargāṃganāpriyaḥ: Sambandha (Predicate adjective/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga-aṅganā-priya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Karmamoṭī Devīpīṭha / Yoginī-sthāna (as per chapter context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (context of adjacent verses where Īśvara addresses Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple approaches a Devīpīṭha within Prabhāsa; the Yoginī is envisioned as a radiant śakti-form, with lamps, red flowers, and a sanctified seat-stone; celestial apsarases appear subtly in the sky as a symbolic promise of svarga-sukha.

Characters & Entities

• Navamī
• Devīpīṭha
• Yoginī
• Svarga-aṅganāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely worship (on Navamī) at a śakti-pīṭha is taught as a potent means for both worldly fulfillment and heavenly reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devīpīṭha and associated Yoginī within the pīṭhatraya of Prabhāsa’s western area.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform thorough worship (saṃpūjya) of the Devīpīṭha and Yoginī specifically on Navamī.