Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

चैत्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां यस्तां पूजयते नरः । तस्य संवत्सरंयावन्नापत्संजायते क्वचित्

Transliteration

caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastāṃ pūjayate naraḥ | tasya saṃvatsaraṃyāvannāpatsaṃjāyate kvacit

Translation

ചൈത്ര ശുക്ല ചതുര്ദശിയിൽ ആരെങ്കിലും ആ ദേവിയെ ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, അവന്‍ ഒരു പൂർണ്ണ വർഷം എവിടെയും യാതൊരു ആപത്തും സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: on the bright fourteenth (tithi) of Caitra
• चैत्र-शुक्ल-चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे (locative of time)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः (relative pronoun)

• ताम्: that (her/that [tithi/देवी])
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; स्वामिसम्बन्धः

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

• यावत्: as long as / up to
• यावत्: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-निर्देशक (limit/extent marker)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आपत्: misfortune
• आपत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्/आपत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• संजायते: arises / occurs
• संजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• क्वचित्: ever / anywhere / at any time
• क्वचित्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/काल-अनिश्चितता (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (within Puṣpāditya-māhātmya frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs reverent worship on Caitra bright fortnight’s fourteenth day; the deity’s presence is implied as a protective aura extending through the year, with symbols of warding off calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Durgā (Devī)
• Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-honored calendrical worship (kāla-dharma) is presented as a means to secure sustained protection and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī worship tradition situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the Devī on Caitra Śukla Caturdaśī to avert calamities for one year.