Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तां या पूजयते नारी सद्योऽपि पतिवल्लभा । जायते नात्र सन्देहः सर्वपापविवर्जिता

Transliteration

tāṃ yā pūjayate nārī sadyo'pi pativallabhā | jāyate nātra sandehaḥ sarvapāpavivarjitā

Translation

สตรีใดบูชาพระนาง ย่อมเป็นที่รักของสามีโดยฉับพลัน; ข้อนี้ไม่ต้องสงสัย นางย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• या: who (she)
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• नारी: a woman
• नारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (immediately)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (even/also)

• पतिवल्लभा: beloved of (her) husband
• पतिवल्लभा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (नार्याः)

• जायते: becomes/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negation)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (here/in this matter)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सर्वपापविवर्जिता: free from all sins
• सर्वपापविवर्जिता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (कृदन्त, वि+वृज्/वर्ज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (नार्याः)

Speaker

Lakṣmī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Devī (as worship-focus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman offers flowers and lamp to the Goddess; behind her, the husband stands softened and affectionate; a dark cloud of sins dissolves into light around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (installed at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic māhātmya literature links devotion to ethical purification and harmonious household fortune (saubhāgya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship pertains to the Devī established in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the installed Devī; the verse states its immediate saubhāgya and pāpa-kṣaya phala.