Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

त्वया न पूजिता चेयं कौमार्ये वर्तमानया । यावत्संवत्सरं गौरी तृतीयायां न चाधिकम्

Transliteration

tvayā na pūjitā ceyaṃ kaumārye vartamānayā | yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ gaurī tṛtīyāyāṃ na cādhikam

Translation

เพราะเธอเมื่อยังอยู่ในวัยพรหมจรรย์ มิได้บูชาพระคาวรีในวันตฤติยาให้ครบหนึ่งปี—และมิได้กระทำยิ่งกว่านั้น—

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(she) was worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• इयम्: this (goddess/rite)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देश

• कौमार्ये: in maidenhood
• कौमार्ये: Adhikarana (Location/state/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौमार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• वर्तमानया: while being (in that state)
• वर्तमानया: Karana (Instrument with qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘त्वया’)

• यावत्: up to, for as long as
• यावत्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सर्वनाम)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (up to/as long as)

• संवत्सरम्: a year
• संवत्सरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (accusative of duration)

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (tithi)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (tithi-locative)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अन्वय-निपात (and/also)

• अधिकम्: more, beyond
• अधिकम्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अव्ययवत् परिमाणे (not more)

Speaker

Śāṇḍilyā (to Kātyāyanī)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kātyāyanī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reflective admonition: Kātyāyanī is reminded that in her maidenhood she did not complete the year-long Gaurī worship on tṛtīyā; the scene can show a calendar-like cycle of moons or repeated monthly worship left unfinished.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Kātyāyanī
• Śāṇḍilyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Religious discipline (niyama) and timely observance are presented as crucial for the full fruit of a vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tirtha-name appears in this verse; it functions as a vrata-instruction within the broader tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of Gaurī on the tṛtīyā tithi for a continuous period of one year (a year-long vrata).