Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तृतीयायां विशेषेण यावत्संवत्सरं शुभे । सा लभिष्यति सत्कान्तं पुत्रदं सर्वकामदम्

Transliteration

tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhe | sā labhiṣyati satkāntaṃ putradaṃ sarvakāmadam

Translation

ഹേ ശുഭേ! തൃതീയാ തിഥിയിൽ പ്രത്യേകമായി, ഒരു പൂർണ്ണ വർഷം (ഈ വ്രതം ആചരിച്ചാൽ) അവൾ സത്കാന്തനെയും, പുത്രപ്രദനെയും, സർവകാമദനെയും ആയ ഭർത്താവിനെ പ്രാപിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi/day)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental used adverbially)

• यावत्: as long as; up to
• यावत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक-विशेषण

• संवत्सरम्: a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कालवाचक कर्म

• शुभे: O auspicious (lady)
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्त्री-सम्बोधन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• लभिष्यति: will obtain
• लभिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सत्कान्तम्: a good beloved/husband
• सत्कान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सत्=उत्तमः + कान्तः=प्रियः)

• पुत्रदम्: granting a son
• पुत्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + द (√दा धातु-आधारित, द-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रं ददाति इति)

• सर्वकामदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + द (√दा-आधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वान् कामान् ददाति इति)

Speaker

Mahādeva (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-woman on bright Tṛtīyā performs pūjā with lamps and flowers at a sacred shrine, receiving blessings of saubhāgya and putra.

Characters & Entities

• Tṛtīyā (tithi)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• vrata/pūjā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined observance over time (a year) is praised as a powerful form of dharma that yields tangible and spiritual fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line emphasizes a tithi-based observance within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the site is not explicitly named in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A special observance on Tṛtīyā, maintained for one year, associated with worship leading to marriage and progeny-related blessings.