Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

अट्टालयाजग्रामे मामर्चयिष्यंति ये जनाः । वत्सेश्वरीं सिताष्टम्यामाश्विने तैः सदार्चिता

Transliteration

aṭṭālayājagrāme māmarcayiṣyaṃti ye janāḥ | vatseśvarīṃ sitāṣṭamyāmāśvine taiḥ sadārcitā

Translation

ਅੱਟਾਲਯਾਜ ਨਾਮ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ ਲੋਕ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਅਰਚਨਾ ਕਰਨਗੇ—ਆਸ਼ਵਿਨ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਕਲ ਅਸ਼ਟਮੀ ਨੂੰ—ਉਹ ਵਤਸੇਸ਼ਵਰੀ ਦੇਵੀ ਦੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਸਦਾ ਪੂਜਿਤ ਹਾਂ।

Word by Word

• aṭṭālayāja-grāme: in the village called Aṭṭālayāja
• aṭṭālayāja-grāme: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṭṭālayāja + grāma (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (aṭṭālayājāyāḥ grāmaḥ / aṭṭālayāja-नामकः grāmaḥ)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• arcayiṣyanti: will worship
• arcayiṣyanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्/causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (to cause worship/perform worship)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• vatseśvarīm: Vatseshvarī
• vatseśvarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatseśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vatsasya īśvarī)

• sitāṣṭamyām: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• sitāṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sitā + aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (sitā aṣṭamī = bright-half eighth)

• āśvine: in (the month of) Āśvina
• āśvine: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (month-name usage)

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Kartr̥/Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• arcitā: worshipped
• arcitā: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arc (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma (Vatseśvarī shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Villagers gather at the shrine in Aṭṭālāyāja on Āśvina Śuklāṣṭamī, offering lamps and flowers to Vatseśvarī; the moonlit bright fortnight atmosphere suggests śukla-pakṣa auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsēśvarī (Devī)
• Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma
• Āśvina Śuklāṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered at a sanctified place and sacred tithi is counted as enduring devotion, linking the devotee to the deity’s constant grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The village named Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma, where Vatsēśvarī Devī is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Vatsēśvarī on Āśvina month’s bright eighth day (Śuklāṣṭamī).