Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

आहूतासि मया देवि पूजितासि मया शुभे । मम सौभाग्यदानाय यथेष्टं गम्यतामिति

Transliteration

āhūtāsi mayā devi pūjitāsi mayā śubhe | mama saubhāgyadānāya yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāmiti

Translation

اے دیوی، میں نے تمہیں آہوان کیا؛ اے مبارک، میں نے تمہاری پوجا کی۔ میرے لیے خوش بختی عطا کرنے کے لیے—اب تم اپنی مرضی کے مطابق روانہ ہو جاؤ۔

Word by Word

• आहूता: invited/called
• आहूता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘called/invited’ (agreeing with ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Singular; pronoun

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘worshipped’ (agreeing with ‘त्वम्’ understood)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental (3rd), Singular; pronoun

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive (6th), Singular; pronoun

• सौभाग्यदानाय: for granting good fortune
• सौभाग्यदानाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य-दान (प्रातिपदिक; सौभाग्य + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Dative (4th), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सौभाग्यस्य दानम्)

• यथेष्टम्: as you wish
• यथेष्टम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-इष्ट (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक; यथा + इष्ट)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय — indeclinable adverb ‘as desired/according to wish’

• गम्यताम्: may you depart/go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, passive voice, 3rd person, Singular: ‘let (it) be gone/please depart’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय — quotative particle

Speaker

Lakṣmī (contextual; dismissal/visarjana formula within the rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devotee-princess (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, hands folded, addresses the radiant Gaurī icon: having invoked and worshiped her, she requests the goddess to depart; priests prepare for immersion while lamps flicker and flowers are strewn.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship includes a respectful completion—invocation and dismissal—seeking auspiciousness while honoring divine autonomy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general conclusion-mantra within a tīrtha-based observance; it does not specify a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal concluding mantra: acknowledge invocation and worship, request saubhāgya, and perform the Goddess’s dismissal (visarjana).