Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यो महानवमीसंज्ञे दिवसे श्रद्धयान्वितः । ताभ्यां समाचरेत्पूजां स सदा स्यादकण्टकी

Transliteration

yo mahānavamīsaṃjñe divase śraddhayānvitaḥ | tābhyāṃ samācaretpūjāṃ sa sadā syādakaṇṭakī

Translation

മഹാനവമി എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ദിനത്തിൽ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ആ രണ്ടു ദേവതകൾക്ക് പൂജ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ എപ്പോഴും കഷ്ടവിഘ്നങ്ങളില്ലാതെ, അകണ്ടകനായി നിലനിൽക്കും।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• महानवमीसंज्ञे: named 'Mahānavamī'
• महानवमीसंज्ञे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महानवमी + संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (महानवमी-नाम्नि) विशेषण (qualifying 'दिवसे')

• दिवसे: on the day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (कृदन्त; √अनु-इ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'यः')

• ताभ्याम्: by/with those two (tithis)
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); द्विवचन; (पूर्वोक्त-तिथ्योः)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अकण्टकी: free from obstacles/thorns
• अकण्टकी: Visheshya-Predicate (Complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + कण्टकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थ (negation prefix); विशेषण (predicate adjective of 'सः')

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from surrounding narrative style in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ambāvṛddhā (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahānavamī day: a decorated shrine with red cloth, flowers, and lamps; a devotee performs pūjā to two sacred presences, while the atmosphere suggests protection and the clearing of thorns/obstacles from one’s path.

Characters & Entities

• Mahānavamī
• Ambāvṛddhā (contextual)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship performed on an auspicious sacred day removes obstacles and establishes well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Ambāvṛddhā Māhātmya within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā (worship) on the Mahānavamī day, with śraddhā (faith), to the referenced pair of divinities.