Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कुमारेशं पूजयित्वा पूजयिष्यंति ये च माम् । देवीभिः षष्टिकोटीभिर्युता तेषामभीष्टदा

Transliteration

kumāreśaṃ pūjayitvā pūjayiṣyaṃti ye ca mām | devībhiḥ ṣaṣṭikoṭībhiryutā teṣāmabhīṣṭadā

Translation

جو کُماریش کی پوجا کر کے پھر میری بھی پوجا کرتے ہیں—ساٹھ کروڑ دیویوں کے ساتھ یُکت ہو کر میں انہیں اُن کے من چاہے ور عطا کرتی ہوں۔

Word by Word

• कुमारेशम्: Kumāreśa (Lord of Kumāra)
• कुमारेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार + ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुमारस्य ईशः)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• देवीभिः: with goddesses
• देवीभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• षष्टिकोटीभिः: with sixty crores (of)
• षष्टिकोटीभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (षष्टिः कोटयः)

• युता: endowed/associated
• युता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (देवीभिः... युता)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अभीष्टदा: (she) who grants desired boons
• अभीष्टदा: Kriya (Predicate-nominal/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीष्ट + दा (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (अभीष्टं ददाति इति)

Speaker

Devī (Kolaṃbā / Rudrāṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśa-kṣetra with Kṣetra-devī (Kolambā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada (implied recipient of the declaration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A temple courtyard: Kumāreśa/Skanda icon with vel and peacock emblem; devotees then turn to a radiant Devī, surrounded by a vast retinue of goddesses symbolized as concentric halos or many attendant figures; the Devī extends a boon-granting gesture (varada-mudrā).

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśa (Skanda)
• Devī
• Ṣaṣṭi-koṭi Devīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integrated worship of Skanda (Kumāreśa) and Devī yields fulfillment; the divine retinue signifies limitless śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumāreśa–Devī worship setting within the Rudrāṇī-kūpa/Sarvartuka-vana sacred complex.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

First worship Kumāreśa, then worship the Goddess; the stated fruit is granting of desired boons (abhīṣṭa).