Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यस्तं प्रपूजयेद्भक्त्या स कविर्जायते भुवम् । अष्टम्यां च विशेषेण सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

yastaṃ prapūjayedbhaktyā sa kavirjāyate bhuvam | aṣṭamyāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

ഭക്തിയോടെ അവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ കവിയായി മാറുന്നു. പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് അഷ്ടമിദിനത്തിൽ, യഥാർത്ഥ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഫലം ഉറപ്പ്.

Word by Word

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कविः: a poet; seer
• कविः: Predicate nominative (विधेय-प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जायते: is born; becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भुवम्: on earth; in the world
• भुवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुव्/भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of respect/extent)

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth lunar day
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana-Time (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

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

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental adverb)

• सम्यक्: properly; completely
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अनु+√इ/√वृ?; प्रचलित ‘समन्वित’ as PPP from सम्+अनु+√इ ‘to go along’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः—‘श्रद्धया समन्वितः’ (endowed with faith)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta in Tīrthamāhātmya flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vālmīki-sannidhāna at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Mukhāra Tīrtha narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees offering flowers, incense, and lamps before a seated Vālmīki; a manuscript (palm-leaf) and stylus nearby symbolize poetry; moonlit Aṣṭamī ambience subtly indicated.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) joined with faith (śraddhā) refines speech and intellect, turning worship into inspired, dharmic expression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is framed within the Mukhāra-tīrtha / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform devoted worship (pūjā) of the revered sage/deity, with special emphasis on Aṣṭamī observance and steady śraddhā.