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

کیونکہ تم نے کنوارپن کی حالت میں تِریتیا تِتھی کو پورے ایک برس تک اس گوری کی پوجا نہ کی—اور اس سے زیادہ بھی نہ کیا—

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).