Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
दृष्ट्वा चतुर्दशीपूजां दीपमाला विलोकिताः । तेन पुण्येन महता त्रिकालज्ञोऽस्मि भामिनि
Transliteration
dṛṣṭvā caturdaśīpūjāṃ dīpamālā vilokitāḥ | tena puṇyena mahatā trikālajño'smi bhāmini
Translation
ചതുര്ദശി പൂജ ദർശിക്കുകയും ദീപമാലകൾ കാണുകയും ചെയ്ത ആ മഹാപുണ്യത്താൽ, പ്രിയേ, ഞാൻ ത്രികാലജ്ഞനായിരിക്കുന്നു।
Word by Word
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)
चतुर्दशीपूजाम्the worship on the fourteenth lunar day
चतुर्दशीपूजाम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (caturdaśyāḥ pūjām)
दीपमालाa garland/row of lamps
दीपमाला:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dīpānāṃ mālā)
विलोकिताःwere seen
विलोकिताः:
Kriyā (Predicate; passive)
TypeVerb
Rootवि√लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (were seen)
तेनby that, through that
तेन:
Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन (instrumental singular)
पुण्येनby merit
पुण्येन:
Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन (instrumental singular)
महताgreat
महता:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular); ‘पुण्येन’ इति विशेषण
त्रिकालज्ञःknower of the three times
त्रिकालज्ञः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + काल (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञ (√ज्ञा, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘त्रिषु कालेषु ज्ञः’
अस्मिam
अस्मि:
Kriyā (Copula)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट्; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
भामिनिO lovely/bright one
भामिनि:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootभामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन
Speaker
Rājā
Characters & Entities
C
caturdaśī-pūjāD
dīpamālāFAQs
Even darśana—simply witnessing sacred worship and lamp offerings—can generate profound merit and heightened spiritual insight.
A temple setting with caturdaśī worship and lamp garlands is implied; the specific location is not named in this verse.
Caturdaśī-pūjā and the lighting/display of dīpamālā (rows of lamps) are mentioned as devotional acts.