Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

योऽष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां मम पूजां करिष्यति । तस्मै स्वर्गं प्रदास्यामि पापस्यापि दनूत्तम

Transliteration

yo'ṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ mama pūjāṃ kariṣyati | tasmai svargaṃ pradāsyāmi pāpasyāpi danūttama

Translation

「おおダーナヴァの中の最勝者よ、月の第八日（アシュタミー）と第十四日（チャトゥルダシー）に我を礼拝する者には、たとえ罪ある者であっても、我は天界を授けよう。」

Word by Word

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (तिथौ)

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

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (तिथौ)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• करिष्यति: will do/perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I will grant
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (‘even/also’)

• दनूत्तम: O best of the Danu(s)
• दनूत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दनु-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—दनूनाम् उत्तमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Andhaka (addressed: danūttama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī proclaims the special merit of worship on the 8th and 14th lunar days; a calendar-like lunar motif and devotees performing evening ārati on those nights.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Dānava (addressed as danūttama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular worship on sacred lunar days is upheld as a purifier and merit-bestower, capable of elevating even the sinful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting where the Goddess’s worship at the local tīrtha is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Devī pūjā specifically on Aṣṭamī (8th tithi) and Caturdaśī (14th tithi).