Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

आश्विनस्य सिते पक्षे नवम्यां चाष्टमीदिने । पूजयिष्यति यो मर्त्त्यस्त्वां सद्भक्तिसमन्वितः

Transliteration

āśvinasya site pakṣe navamyāṃ cāṣṭamīdine | pūjayiṣyati yo marttyastvāṃ sadbhaktisamanvitaḥ

Translation

ആശ്വിന മാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ലപക്ഷത്തിൽ—അഷ്ടമിയും നവമിയും ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ—സദ്ഭക്തിയോടെ നിന്നെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന മർത്ത്യൻ…

Word by Word

• आश्विनस्य: of (the month) Āśvina
• आश्विनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्विन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• सिते: bright (fortnight)
• सिते: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular; agreeing with पक्षे)

• पक्षे: in the fortnight
• पक्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• नवम्याम्: on the ninth (tithi)
• नवम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टमीदिने: on the day of the eighth (tithi)
• अष्टमीदिने: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी-दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अष्टम्याः दिनम्)

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject; apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), द्वितीया, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• सद्भक्तिसमन्वितः: endowed with true devotion
• सद्भक्तिसमन्वितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of मर्त्यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्-भक्ति-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सद्भक्त्या समन्वितः)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Navarātra temple night: devotees gather with lamps and flowers on Āśvina śukla aṣṭamī/navamī, performing Devī pūjā with intense devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Āśvina (month)
• Aṣṭamī
• Navamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred timing (tithi and month) amplifies devotion; worship on auspicious days brings special protection and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s Vindhya-associated abode implied by the epithet Vindhyavāsinī in this Adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Devī pūjā on Āśvina śukla Aṣṭamī and Navamī with sincere devotion.