Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

पठ्यमानेन यश्चैनं जीवसूक्तेन सुन्दरि । पूजयिष्यति सद्भक्त्या चतुर्थीदिवसे शुभे

Transliteration

paṭhyamānena yaścainaṃ jīvasūktena sundari | pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktyā caturthīdivase śubhe

Translation

ഹേ സുന്ദരീ, ശുഭമായ ചതുര്ഥീ ദിനത്തിൽ, ജീവ-സൂക്തം പാരായണം നടക്കുമ്പോൾ, സത്യഭക്തിയോടെ ഇവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ…

Word by Word

• पठ्यमानेन: by/with (its) being recited
• पठ्यमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु) + यमान (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय; वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि)
• Form: कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present passive participle), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-रूपेण (सन्दर्भे ‘(स्तोत्रे) पठ्यमानेन’ = ‘when being recited/with recitation’)

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

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

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जीवसूक्तेन: with the Jīvasūkta (hymn)
• जीवसूक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवसूक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जीवस्य सूक्तम्)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सद्भक्त्या: with true devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्-भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सती भक्ति: true devotion)

• चतुर्थीदिवसे: on the day of Caturthī
• चतुर्थीदिवसे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी-दिवस (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्थ्याः दिवसः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘दिवसे’)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed ‘sundari’) and King (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Gaṇeśa on Caturthī as priests recite the Jīva-sūkta; offerings, lamps, and focused faces convey ‘sadbhakti’.

Characters & Entities

• Jīva-sūkta
• Caturthī
• Vināyaka/Gaṇeśa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with sacred recitation and auspicious timing makes worship spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse focuses on vrata-timing (Caturthī) and mantra (Jīva-sūkta), not on a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Vināyaka on Caturthī with sincere devotion while reciting the Jīva-sūkta.