Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तां पूजयते नरः । तस्य संवत्सरंयावन्नापत्संजायते क्वचित्

Transliteration

caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tasya saṃvatsaraṃyāvannāpatsaṃjāyate kvacit

Translation

Au quatorzième jour de la quinzaine claire de Caitra, l’homme qui l’adore voit que, durant une année entière, aucun malheur ne s’élève pour lui, où que ce soit.

Word by Word

• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright fourteenth (tithi) of Caitra
• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे (locative of time)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun)

• ताम्: that (her/that [tithi/देवी])
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; स्वामिसम्बन्धः

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे (accusative of duration)

• यावत्: as long as / up to
• यावत्: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-निर्देशक (limit/extent marker)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आपत्: misfortune
• आपत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्/आपत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• संजायते: arises / occurs
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• क्वचित्: ever / anywhere / at any time
• क्वचित्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अनिश्चितता (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Puṣpāditya-māhātmya frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs reverent worship on Caitra bright fortnight’s fourteenth day; the deity’s presence is implied as a protective aura extending through the year, with symbols of warding off calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Durgā (Devī)
• Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-honored calendrical worship (kāla-dharma) is presented as a means to secure sustained protection and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī worship tradition situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the Devī on Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī to avert calamities for one year.