Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

अर्चयिष्यंति मां याश्च पुष्पैर्धूपैर्विलेपनैः । दास्यामि चाष्टसौभाग्यं या नारी भक्तितत्परा

Transliteration

arcayiṣyaṃti māṃ yāśca puṣpairdhūpairvilepanaiḥ | dāsyāmi cāṣṭasaubhāgyaṃ yā nārī bhaktitatparā

Translation

ပန်းများ၊ နံ့သာမီးခိုး (ဓూప) နှင့် လိမ်းသုတ်အနံ့သာများဖြင့် ငါကို ပူဇော်ကြသော မိန်းမတို့အား—ဘက်တိ၌ တည်ကြည်သူ မိန်းမမည်သူမဆို—ငါသည် အဋ္ဌသောဘဂျ (aṣṭa-saubhāgya) ဟူသော ကံကောင်းခြင်းရှစ်ပါးကို ပေးမည်။

Word by Word

• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: they will worship
• अर्चयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• याः: who (women)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम् (सम्बन्धवाचक/relative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• धूपैः: with incense
• धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• विलेपनैः: with unguents/pastes
• विलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• अष्टसौभाग्यम्: eightfold good fortune
• अष्टसौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या) + सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (numeral determinative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• या: who (a woman)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (relative)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• भक्तितत्परा: intent on devotion
• भक्तितत्परा: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थे (sense: 'devoted in/with devotion'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Devī (the Goddess)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman devotee offers flowers, incense smoke curls upward, and sandal/unguents are applied to the deity’s icon; the deity’s blessing is visualized as eight auspicious emblems surrounding her.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Aṣṭa-saubhāgya (eightfold auspiciousness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple offerings made with steady devotion are powerful; bhakti, not extravagance, is the key to auspicious blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse highlights a universally applicable mode of Devī worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-pūjā using puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and vilepana (unguents), performed with devotion.