Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि कल्याणि पूजयैनां समाहिता । संप्राप्स्यसि सुसौभाग्यं मैत्रेय्या सदृशं शुभे

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi kalyāṇi pūjayaināṃ samāhitā | saṃprāpsyasi susaubhāgyaṃ maitreyyā sadṛśaṃ śubhe

Translation

Oleh itu, wahai wanita yang bertuah, engkau juga hendaklah dengan tenang dan penuh tumpuan memuja Dewi ini. Wahai yang baik, engkau akan memperoleh tuah perkahwinan yang unggul, setara dengan Maitreyyā.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति निपातवत् (indeclinable sense ‘therefore/from that reason’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-कर्ता

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• कल्याणि: O auspicious one
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पूजय: worship
• पूजय: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एनाम्: her/this (goddess)
• एनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• समाहिता: being composed/attentive
• समाहिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘tvam’) अर्थः ‘collected/attentive’

• संप्राप्स्यसि: you will obtain
• संप्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुसौभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• सुसौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; समासः ‘सु’ (उपसर्गवत्) + ‘सौभाग्य’

• मैत्रेय्या: like Maitreyi / with Maitreyi (as standard)
• मैत्रेय्या: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैत्रेयी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; उपमान-निर्देश (instrumental of comparison)

• सदृशम्: similar
• सदृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘सुसौभाग्यम्’)

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śāṇḍilyā (to Kātyāyanī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kātyāyanī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śāṇḍilyā instructs Kātyāyanī to worship the Goddess with focused mind; the promise of ‘sau-bhāgya like Maitreyyā’ is conveyed as a blessing, with the Devī’s presence implied at a shrine or icon.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Maitreyyā
• Kātyāyanī
• Śāṇḍilyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-minded devotion in worship of the Goddess is praised as a direct cause of auspiciousness and well-being in household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame, but the snippet emphasizes the vratas’ merit more than naming a particular tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To worship the Goddess (Gaurī) with a focused, disciplined mind to obtain saubhāgya.