Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तानि यः श्रद्धयाऽन्वितः । पूजयिष्यति तस्य स्यात्समस्तं मनसेप्सितम्

Transliteration

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tāni yaḥ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ | pūjayiṣyati tasya syātsamastaṃ manasepsitam

Translation

శ్రద్ధయుక్తుడై అష్టమి మరియు చతుర్దశి నాడు ఆ (పీఠ/శక్తి)లను పూజించువానికి మనసు కోరిన సమస్తమూ సిద్ధించును.

Word by Word

• aṣṭamyām: on the eighth (lunar day)
• aṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth (lunar day)
• caturdaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tāni: those (pīṭhas)
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• anvitaḥ: endowed (with)
• anvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu + √i (धातु) (अन्वित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• pūjayiṣyati: will worship
• pūjayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• syāt: would be/shall be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• samastam: entire, complete
• samastam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इप्सितम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• manasaḥ: of (his) mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• īpsitam: desired (thing)
• īpsitam: Karma/Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √āp (धातु) (ईप्सित-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (pīṭha-sanniveśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees with folded hands worship a cluster of pīṭha-shrines/śakti stones on Aṣṭamī and Caturdaśī nights; lamps flicker, offerings arranged, the Yoginī-Mātṛkā presence felt as a protective ring.

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭamī
• Caturdaśī
• pūjā
• pīṭha
• Yoginīs
• Mātṛkās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful worship performed on auspicious tithis at a sacred site is said to bear swift, wish-fulfilling fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The pīṭha-complex established in Camatkārapura-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā on Aṣṭamī (8th tithi) and Caturdaśī (14th tithi) with śraddhā (faith).