Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नहनि येऽन्येऽपि पूजां दास्यंति ते नराः । मा पश्यंतु प्रसादात्ते नरास्ते वल्लभक्षयम्

Transliteration

tasminnahani ye'nye'pi pūjāṃ dāsyaṃti te narāḥ | mā paśyaṃtu prasādātte narāste vallabhakṣayam

Translation

そしてその日に同じく供養を捧げる人々が、あなたのご加護によって、愛するものの滅びや喪失を決して見ぬように。

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: on that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• अहनि: day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ये: who/those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भावार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दास्यन्ति: will give/offer
• दास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• पश्यन्तु: let them see
• पश्यन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; निषेधेन सह (prohibitive sense)

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नराः: people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• वल्लभक्षयम्: loss of what is dear/beloved’s loss
• वल्लभक्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्लभ + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वल्लभस्य क्षयः)

Speaker

Revatī (Śeṣavallabhā), inferred from vow-like statements continuing from prior verses

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī-sthāna Devī-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing is voiced: those who worship on that day should not witness the ruin of what they love, by the Goddess’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Prasāda (divine grace)
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace obtained through timely worship is portrayed as protective—preserving what devotees hold dear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra described in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, where this Navamī-centered worship is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering pūjā specifically “on that day” (contextually, the emphasized Navamī observance) to obtain protective blessings.