Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

अट्टालयाजग्रामे मामर्चयिष्यंति ये जनाः । वत्सेश्वरीं सिताष्टम्यामाश्विने तैः सदार्चिता

Transliteration

aṭṭālayājagrāme māmarcayiṣyaṃti ye janāḥ | vatseśvarīṃ sitāṣṭamyāmāśvine taiḥ sadārcitā

Translation

جو لوگ ‘اَٹّالَیَاج’ نامی گاؤں میں آشوِن کے مہینے کی شُکلا اَشٹمی کو میری ارچنا کریں گے، وہ وتسیشوری دیوی کی پوجا کرتے ہیں؛ اُن کے ذریعے میں سدا پوجی جاتی ہوں۔

Word by Word

• aṭṭālayāja-grāme: in the village called Aṭṭālayāja
• aṭṭālayāja-grāme: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṭṭālayāja + grāma (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (aṭṭālayājāyāḥ grāmaḥ / aṭṭālayāja-नामकः grāmaḥ)

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

• arcayiṣyanti: will worship
• arcayiṣyanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्/causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (to cause worship/perform worship)

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• vatseśvarīm: Vatseshvarī
• vatseśvarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatseśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vatsasya īśvarī)

• sitāṣṭamyām: on the bright eighth (tithi)
• sitāṣṭamyām: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sitā + aṣṭamī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (sitā aṣṭamī = bright-half eighth)

• āśvine: in (the month of) Āśvina
• āśvine: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśvina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (month-name usage)

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Kartr̥/Agent-in-passive (कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नित्यत्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)

• arcitā: worshipped
• arcitā: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arc (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma (Vatseśvarī shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Villagers gather at the shrine in Aṭṭālāyāja on Āśvina Śuklāṣṭamī, offering lamps and flowers to Vatseśvarī; the moonlit bright fortnight atmosphere suggests śukla-pakṣa auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsēśvarī (Devī)
• Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma
• Āśvina Śuklāṣṭamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered at a sanctified place and sacred tithi is counted as enduring devotion, linking the devotee to the deity’s constant grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The village named Aṭṭālāyāja-grāma, where Vatsēśvarī Devī is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Vatsēśvarī on Āśvina month’s bright eighth day (Śuklāṣṭamī).