Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पूजयित्वा तृतीयायां दौर्भाग्यैर्मुच्यतेऽङ्गना । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति पुत्रपौत्रप्रतिष्ठिता

Transliteration

pūjayitvā tṛtīyāyāṃ daurbhāgyairmucyate'ṅganā | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti putrapautrapratiṣṭhitā

Translation

திருதியைத் திதியில் அங்கே வழிபட்டால் பெண் துரதிர்ஷ்டத்திலிருந்து விடுபடுவாள்; எல்லா விருப்பங்களையும் அடைந்து, மகன்-பேரன் வழி நிலைபெறுவாள்।

Word by Word

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — ‘पूजयित्वा’

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• daurbhāgyaiḥ: from misfortunes
• daurbhāgyaiḥ: Apadana (Separation-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• aṅganā: a woman
• aṅganā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅganā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग ‘ava-’

• putra-pautra-pratiṣṭhitā: established/secure with sons and grandsons
• putra-pautra-pratiṣṭhitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + pautra (प्रातिपदिक) + pratiṣṭhita (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु, प्रति-उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष—‘पुत्रपौत्रैः प्रतिष्ठिता’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष) विशेषण (अङ्गना)

Speaker

Gandharva (narrator within the Māhātmya context; exact name not in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimaleśvara (contextual locus of the tṛtīyā worship)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On tṛtīyā, a woman devotee offers bilva leaves, lamps, and water to the liṅga; attendants prepare a small altar; the atmosphere suggests the lifting of misfortune and the blessing of progeny.

Characters & Entities

• Tṛtīyā (lunar day)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely worship (aligned with tithi) at a praised sacred place is said to transform destiny—removing misfortune and granting auspicious stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsakṣetra context; the specific shrine is implied from the preceding description within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā/worship specifically on the tṛtīyā (third lunar day).