Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यदस्यां पूजितायां तु प्रत्यक्षायां प्रजायते । सहस्रत्रिगुणं तच्च यत्र स्यात्पञ्चपिण्डिका

Transliteration

yadasyāṃ pūjitāyāṃ tu pratyakṣāyāṃ prajāyate | sahasratriguṇaṃ tacca yatra syātpañcapiṇḍikā

Translation

جب وہ دیوی ظاہر و حاضر ہو کر پوجی جاتی ہے تو اس کی عبادت سے جو پھل پیدا ہوتا ہے—جہاں وہ پنچ پِنڈِکا ہے—وہ پُنّیہ ہزار گنا اور پھر تین گنا بڑھ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma/Viśeṣya (Relative referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• अस्याम्: in her/ in this (goddess)
• अस्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजितायाम्: when (she is) worshipped
• पूजितायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute condition)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle)

• प्रत्यक्षायाम्: when (she is) manifest
• प्रत्यक्षायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण; सति-सप्तमी-सहचर (co-locative absolute)

• प्रजायते: arises, is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सहस्रत्रिगुणम्: a thousand times threefold (i.e., three-thousandfold)
• सहस्रत्रिगुणम्: Karma/Phala (Result quantity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra + tri + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (measure)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/Phala (That result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• स्यात्: is/should be
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पञ्चपिण्डिका: Pañcapiṇḍikā
• पञ्चपिण्डिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + piṇḍikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍikā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Devī Pañcapiṇḍikā at her manifest spot; a radiant aura indicates ‘pratyakṣatā’. Above, symbolic numerals/garlands suggest thousandfold multiplication of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcapiṇḍikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred place intensifies sacred action: worship offered where the deity is specially present yields amplified merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pañcapiṇḍikā location—where the Goddess is worshipped as the fivefold form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) to the manifest Goddess at the Pañcapiṇḍikā site, with emphasis on the enhanced phala.