Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

देवि देव्यै तथा देव्या एवं मातुश्च कीर्तयेत् । प्रथमा च चतुर्थी च षष्ठी स्याच्छ्राद्धसिद्धये

Transliteration

devi devyai tathā devyā evaṃ mātuśca kīrtayet | prathamā ca caturthī ca ṣaṣṭhī syācchrāddhasiddhaye

Translation

พึงเอ่ยว่า ‘เทวี’, ‘เทวฺยัย’, และ ‘เทวฺยา’ ฉันนั้น และสำหรับมารดาก็เช่นเดียวกัน เพื่อให้ศราทธะสำเร็จสมบูรณ์ พึงใช้รูปวิภัตติ ประถมา จตุรถี และษัษฐี

Word by Word

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन

• देव्यै: to/for the goddess
• देव्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• देव्याः: of the goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/निश्चयवाचक (thus; in this manner)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• कीर्तयेत्: should recite/mention
• कीर्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्तय्/√कीर्त् caus.)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रथमा: the nominative (first case)
• प्रथमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रथमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• चतुर्थी: the dative (fourth case)
• चतुर्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• षष्ठी: the genitive (sixth case)
• षष्ठी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; √अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्राद्धसिद्धये: for the successful completion of śrāddha
• श्राद्धसिद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्धसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; श्राद्ध + सिद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha altar with three highlighted inscriptions (prathamā, caturthī, ṣaṣṭhī) as the priest recites ‘devī/devyai/devyā’ and ‘mātā/mātre/mātuḥ’, indicating the grammatical cases with hand gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• mother (mātṛ)
• śrāddha
• vibhakti (case-endings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is upheld through disciplined ritual speech—precision is itself a devotional offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is named; the verse gives śrāddha language principles within the māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For śrāddha-siddhi, employ the 1st, 4th, and 6th case-forms (nominative, dative, genitive) in the required invocations.