Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चावलोकिता । नराणां रुक्मिणी देवी सर्वान्कामा न्प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ cāvalokitā | narāṇāṃ rukmiṇī devī sarvānkāmā nprayacchati

Translation

അഷ്ടമി, ചതുര്ദശി, നവമി തിഥികളിൽ ദേവി രുക്മിണിയെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ, അവൾ മനുഷ്യർക്കു എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും പ്രസാദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (lunar day)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• navamyām: on the ninth (lunar day)
• navamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• avalokitā: having been seen/visited
• avalokitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava + √lok (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (devī इति)

• narāṇām: of men / for men
• narāṇām: Sampradāna/Sambandha (Beneficiary relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• rukmiṇī: Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; rukmiṇī इत्यस्य apposition

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kāmān इति)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• prayacchati: grants/bestows
• prayacchati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-darśana in Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees behold Goddess Rukmiṇī on specified tithis; she stands/sits with lotus, adorned as queen of Dvārakā, granting boons (varada-mudrā); moon-phase symbols subtly indicate Aṣṭamī/Navamī/Caturdaśī.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana (reverent viewing) of the deity on sacred tithis is taught as a potent devotional act that bears tangible fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s Rukmiṇī-focused sacred setting (implied by the Dvārakā Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avalokana/darśana of Rukmiṇī on Aṣṭamī, Navamī, and Caturdaśī for fulfillment of desires.