Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
Devanagari script
स्त्रीभिराराधिता दास्ये सौभाग्यं सुपतिं सुतान् । चैत्रे चापि तृतीयायां स्नात्वा शीतेन वारिणा
Transliteration
strībhirārādhitā dāsye saubhāgyaṃ supatiṃ sutān | caitre cāpi tṛtīyāyāṃ snātvā śītena vāriṇā
Translation
സ്ത്രീകൾ എന്നെ ആരാധിച്ചാൽ ഞാൻ സൗഭാഗ്യം—ഉത്തമ ഭർത്താവിനെയും പുത്രന്മാരെയും—അരുളും; കൂടാതെ ചൈത്രമാസത്തിലെ തൃതീയദിനം തണുത്ത ജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്…
Word by Word
स्त्रीभिःby women
स्त्रीभिः:
Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
आराधिताworshipped, propitiated
आराधिता:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (Past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्
दास्येI will give
दास्ये:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + स्य (कृदन्त/भविष्यत्)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
सौभाग्यम्good fortune
सौभाग्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
सुपतिम्a good husband
सुपतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयः ('good' + 'husband'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
सुतान्sons
सुतान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्
चैत्रेin (the month of) Caitra
चैत्रे:
Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचैत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (मासे)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (particle: also/even)
तृतीयायाम्on the third (lunar day)
तृतीयायाम्:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (तिथौ)
स्नात्वाhaving bathed
स्नात्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)
शीतेनwith cold
शीतेन:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशीत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (साधारणतः नपुंसक), तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्
वारिणाwater
वारिणा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवारि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
Speaker
Śrī Devī (the Goddess)
Characters & Entities
D
DevīC
Caitra (lunar month)FAQs
Devotional worship of Devī supports gṛhastha-dharma, promising auspicious marital fortune and progeny.
No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on a calendrical observance (Caitra tṛtīyā) rather than a location.
Bathing (snāna) with cool water on Caitra śukla/kr̥ṣṇa tṛtīyā (third lunar day) as part of Devī’s worship observance.