Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यश्चैतत्पुरतस्तस्याः संप्राप्ते चाष्टमीदिने । शुचिर्भूत्वा पठेद्भक्त्या स सौभाग्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

yaścaitatpuratastasyāḥ saṃprāpte cāṣṭamīdine | śucirbhūtvā paṭhedbhaktyā sa saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

အဋ္ဌမီနေ့ ရောက်လာသောအခါ၊ မည်သူမဆို ကိုယ်စိတ်သန့်စင်ပြီး ထိုဒေဝီရှေ့တွင် ယုံကြည်သဒ္ဓါဖြင့် ဤကို ဖတ်ရွတ်လျှင်၊ ထိုသူသည် သောဘဂျ (ကောင်းချီးမင်္ဂလာ) ကို ရရှိမည်။

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• एतत्: this (hymn/description)
• एतत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (पठेत्) इति क्रियायाः कर्म

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/postposition), ‘in front of’ (locative sense)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: अधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) used locatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; दिने इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (‘when arrived’)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अष्टमीदिने: on the eighth-day (Aṣṭamī)
• अष्टमीदिने: अधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpurusha) ‘day of the eighth (tithi)’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• शुचिः: pure/clean
• शुचिः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तुः विशेषणम्

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having become’

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• पठेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain/should attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saptaviṃśatikā (shrine/kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/dvijas (audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee purified by bath, holding a palm-leaf manuscript, recites before the goddess on Aṣṭamī; lamps, flowers, and a calm sanctum atmosphere emphasize saubhāgya.

Characters & Entities

• Saptaviṃśatikā Devī
• Aṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and devotion (śauca + bhakti) make sacred speech fruitful, yielding auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Goddess’s presence in the local kṣetra is implied; the merit is linked to recitation performed before her at that sacred spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Aṣṭamī, become ritually pure and recite the passage/devotional text before the Goddess to gain saubhāgya.