Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तथाऽहं नागलोकाच्च चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च । सदा त्वां पूजयिष्यामि विशेषान्नवमीदिने

Transliteration

tathā'haṃ nāgalokācca caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca | sadā tvāṃ pūjayiṣyāmi viśeṣānnavamīdine

Translation

അതുപോലെ ഞാനും—നാഗലോകത്തിൽ നിന്നുമെത്തി—ചതുര്ദശിയും അഷ്ടമിയും തിഥികളിൽ സദാ നിന്നെ പൂജിക്കും; നവമിദിനത്തിൽ പ്രത്യേക ഭക്തിയോടെയും പൂജിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नागलोकात्: from Nāga-world
• नागलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (नागानां लोकः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु: on the 14th and 8th (tithis)
• चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चतुर्दशी च अष्टमी च)

• च: also/and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयिष्यामि: I will worship
• पूजयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (in sense of ‘especially’)

• नवमीदिने: on the ninth day
• नवमीदिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (नवम्याः दिनम्)

Speaker

Revatī (Śeṣavallabhā), inferred from immediate narrative context before Devyuvāca

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī-sthāna Devī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revatī vows periodic worship, arriving even from Nāga-loka, highlighting devotion that transcends realms and is synchronized to lunar days.

Characters & Entities

• Nāga-loka
• Navamī
• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, calendrically disciplined devotion (tithi-based worship) is praised, with Navamī highlighted as especially meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, praising the local kṣetra where the Devī is to be worshipped (the Revatī/Śeṣavallabhā-associated sacred field).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pūjā on Caturdaśī and Aṣṭamī, with a special emphasis on Navamī-day worship.