Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्द्दश्यां योऽत्र मां पूजयिष्यति । तस्याष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं दास्ये तुष्टा न संशयः

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ yo'tra māṃ pūjayiṣyati | tasyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ dāsye tuṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ അഷ്ടമിയിലും ചതുര്ദശിയിലും എന്നെ ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവന്‍, ഞാൻ പ്രസന്നയായി അഷ്ടഗുണ ഐശ്വര്യവും പ്രഭുത്വവും നല്കും—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (lunar day)
• aṣṭamyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Nipāta (Conjunction/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय — Conjunction

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb of place

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री/पुं (उभयत्र), द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative, Singular

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन — Genitive, Singular

• aṣṭa-guṇam: eightfold
• aṣṭa-guṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अष्ट गुणाः यस्य/यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Tatpurusha, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• aiśvaryam: sovereignty, prosperity
• aiśvaryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• dāsye: I will give
• dāsye: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• tuṣṭā: being pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (तुष्) (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past participle used adjectivally, Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• na: Nipāta (Negation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध — Negative particle

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Mahādevī / Ajāpāleśvarī (Devī speaking in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (addressed as ‘rājann’) within the narrative; ultimate audience is the Purāṇic listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa offers flowers, lamp, and water on Aṣṭamī/Caturdaśī before the deity, with the luminous kṣetra and sea-breeze atmosphere suggesting assured boon-granting.

Characters & Entities

• Ajāpāleśvarī (implied)
• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (atra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (tithi) and sacred place (kṣetra) together intensify worship, yielding divinely sanctioned prosperity when performed with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra—“here” (atra) indicates the localized power of the site where the Goddess is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-pūjā at the site specifically on Aṣṭamī (8th tithi) and Caturdaśī (14th tithi).