Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अन्यापि या पतित्यक्ता स्त्री मामत्र स्थितां सदा । पूजयिष्यति सद्भक्तया चतुर्दश्यामुपोषिता

Transliteration

anyāpi yā patityaktā strī māmatra sthitāṃ sadā | pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktayā caturdaśyāmupoṣitā

Translation

Any other woman too, even if abandoned by her husband, who—having fasted on the fourteenth lunar day—worships me here, ever present in this place, with sincere devotion, shall obtain my grace.

Word by Word

• अन्या: another (woman)
• अन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• पति: husband
• पति: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पूर्वपद (in compound)

• त्यक्ता: abandoned by (her) husband
• त्यक्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पति-त्यक्ता = पत्या त्यक्ता/पतेः त्यक्ता)

• स्त्री: woman
• स्त्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थिताम्: standing/present
• स्थिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (qualifies माम् understood as देवीम्)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सत्: true, good
• सत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पूर्वपद (in compound); (good, true)

• भक्तया: with true devotion
• भक्तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (सद्-भक्तया = सत्या भक्त्या)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (on the fourteenth lunar day)

• उपोषिता: having fasted
• उपोषिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + वस्/उपवास (धातु/भाव) → उपोषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (having fasted)

Speaker

Devī (the Goddess, speaking in the Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deserted/abandoned woman, after fasting on caturdaśī, worships Devī at her ever-present shrine and receives compassionate acceptance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere devotion combined with vrata (fasting) at a sacred place is taught as a direct means to divine grace, even for those facing social or marital hardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the sanctity of “atra”—this Devi-abode described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 86), emphasizing the Goddess’s continual presence at the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fasting on Caturdaśī (the 14th lunar day) and performing pūjā to the Goddess at the tīrtha with true devotion.