Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

यथायथा च तां पूजां तस्या गौर्या करोति सा । तथातथा तु सौभाग्यं तस्याश्चाप्यधिकं भवेत्

Transliteration

yathāyathā ca tāṃ pūjāṃ tasyā gauryā karoti sā | tathātathā tu saubhāgyaṃ tasyāścāpyadhikaṃ bhavet

Translation

അവൾ ഗൗരിയുടെ ആ പൂജ ഏതു വിധത്തിൽ, എത്രമാത്രം ചെയ്യുന്നതോ, അത്രത്തോളം അവളുടെ സൗഭാഗ്യം വർധിക്കുന്നു—ഇനിയും ഇനിയും അധികമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• यथा-यथा: as... so (in whatever manner/degree)
• यथा-यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (correlative adverb) — ‘in whatever way/degree’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• गौर्याः: of Gaurī
• गौर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular (apposition to तस्याः)

• करोति: does, performs
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 3rd sg

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तथा-तथा: so, correspondingly
• तथा-तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (correlative adverb) — ‘so, correspondingly’

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय — particle ‘but/indeed’

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — ‘also/even’

• अधिकम्: greater, more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — predicate adjective agreeing with सौभाग्यम्

• भवेत्: would become / may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीर्लिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd sg (‘may/would be’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the devotee’s repeated Gaurī worship causes her aura of fortune to expand—lotus, lamps, and auspicious marks intensify as offerings become more devoted.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion bears proportional fruit: sincerity and fullness of worship directly amplify auspicious grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Adhyāya is a Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya connected to a jalāśaya where Gaurī is worshiped; the snippet itself emphasizes the deity’s grace more than the place-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular worship (pūjā) of Gaurī, with emphasis on doing it as fully as one is able.