Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्तां पूजयते भक्त्या तृतीयायां विधानतः । बल बुद्धिर्यशो विद्यां सौभाग्यं प्राप्नुयान्नरः

Transliteration

yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā tṛtīyāyāṃ vidhānataḥ | bala buddhiryaśo vidyāṃ saubhāgyaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ

Translation

തൃതീയാ തിഥിയിൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഭക്തിയോടെ അവളെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ ബലം, ബുദ്ധി, യശസ്, വിദ്യ, സൗഭാഗ്യം എന്നിവ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

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

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the third lunar day)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed rule
• विधानतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतस् (अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• बुद्धिः: intelligence
• बुद्धिः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समाहार-प्राप्त्यर्थे सूचीकरणम्)

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd; form identical), एकवचन

• विद्याम्: knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयात्: would obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु) + विधिलिङ्
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajāpāleśvarī (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame) / Devī (immediate dialogue context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs orderly worship on tṛtīyā before a goddess/shrine associated with Ajāpāleśvarī; the atmosphere is auspicious, with lamps, flowers, and a sense of blessings descending as symbolic radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Ajāpāleśvarī (Devī)
• Tṛtīyā tithi
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti performed with scriptural order (vidhi) yields both inner virtues and auspicious worldly supports.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ajāpāleśvarī’s shrine within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Tṛtīyā tithi, performed vidhānataḥ (according to proper ritual procedure).