Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां यः पीठं तत्र पूजयेत् । आगमोक्तविधानेन सम्यक्छ्रद्धासमन्वितः

Transliteration

māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ pīṭhaṃ tatra pūjayet | āgamoktavidhānena samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ

Translation

మాఘ మాస కృష్ణ పక్ష చతుర్దశినాడు, అక్కడ ఆ పీఠాన్ని ఎవడు పూజిస్తాడో—ఆగమోక్త విధానానుసారం, సమ్యక్ శ్రద్ధతో కూడి—

Word by Word

• माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth day of Māgha (dark fortnight)
• माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ + कृष्ण + चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (माघस्य कृष्णपक्षस्य चतुर्दशी)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पीठम्: the sacred seat (pīṭha)
• पीठम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• आगमोक्तविधानेन: by the procedure stated in the Āgamas
• आगमोक्तविधानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम + उक्त + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आगमे उक्तं विधानम्)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धासमन्वितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-समासः (श्रद्धया समन्वितः = endowed with faith)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the ṛṣis (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night-time temple worship at the pīṭha on Māgha’s dark fortnight fourteenth: devotees with lamps, flowers, incense; priests perform Āgamic rites before the goddess-seat, with focused, unwavering faith.

Characters & Entities

• Citreśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful, rule-based worship aligned with Āgamic injunctions is presented as the correct way to approach a powerful pīṭha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pīṭha identified in this adhyāya as Citreśvarīpīṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pīṭha-pūjā on Māgha kṛṣṇa caturdaśī according to Āgama-vidhi, with sincere śraddhā.