Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । वैशाखे दर्शदिवसे ये चैवं तोषयंति माम् । अरिष्टाभरणैः पुष्पैर्दधिभक्तैश्च पूजनैः । तेषां सर्वोपसर्गा वै यास्यंति विलयं स्फुटम्

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | vaiśākhe darśadivase ye caivaṃ toṣayaṃti mām | ariṣṭābharaṇaiḥ puṣpairdadhibhaktaiśca pūjanaiḥ | teṣāṃ sarvopasargā vai yāsyaṃti vilayaṃ sphuṭam

Translation

The Blessed Goddess said: “On the new-moon day in the month of Vaiśākha, those who thus delight Me with worship—offering protective amulets or auspicious ornaments, flowers, and offerings of curd and rice—will have all afflictions and calamities clearly brought to complete dissolution.”

Word by Word

• श्रीदेवी: the revered Goddess
• श्रीदेवी: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• वैशाखे: in (the month of) Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• दर्शदिवसे: on the new-moon day
• दर्शदिवसे: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्श + दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन (singular)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• तोषयन्ति: please (propitiate)
• तोषयन्ति: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); णिच् (causative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• अरिष्टाभरणैः: with ariṣṭa-ornaments
• अरिष्टाभरणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिष्ट + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• दधिभक्तैः: with curd and food (offerings)
• दधिभक्तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पूजनैः: with acts of worship
• पूजनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वोपसर्गाः: all afflictions/obstacles
• सर्वोपसर्गाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण (emphatic particle)

• यास्यन्ति: will go
• यास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• विलयम्: to dissolution/destruction
• विलयम्: Gati-karman (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• स्फुटम्: clearly
• स्फुटम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्फुटम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: clearly/manifestly)

Speaker

Śrī Devī (the Goddess)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the petitioning worshippers/attendants (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of new moon in Vaiśākha: devotees offer flowers and a bowl of curd-rice before Devī; a protective amulet/ornament is presented; dark sky contrasts with lamp-lit sanctum; unseen afflictions dissolve as shadowy forms fading away.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Devī
• Vaiśākha
• Darśa (new-moon day)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere Devī-pūjā performed at an auspicious time (Vaiśākha new moon) is taught as a dharmic means to dissolve life’s afflictions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse emphasizes a calendrical observance (Vaiśākha darśa/amāvasyā) rather than naming a single tīrtha in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pleasing the Goddess on Vaiśākha new moon with pūjā using flowers, protective/auspicious ornaments (ariṣṭābharaṇa), and offerings of curd and rice/food (dadhi-bhakta).