Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

माघे मासे तृतीयायां यस्तामर्चयते नरः । नारी वा संयता साध्वी सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

māghe māse tṛtīyāyāṃ yastāmarcayate naraḥ | nārī vā saṃyatā sādhvī sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

ماہِ ماغھ کی تِرتِیا کو جو شخص اس کی پوجا کرتا ہے—خواہ مرد ہو یا ضبطِ نفس والی سادھوی عورت—وہ اپنی تمام مرادیں پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• māghe: in (the month of) Māgha
• māghe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; मास-विशेषणरूपेण (locative of time)

• māse: in the month
• māse: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालाधिकरणे

• tṛtīyāyām: on the third (lunar day)
• tṛtīyāyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथ्यधिकरणे

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः (relative pronoun)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (देवी/गौरीम् इत्यर्थे)

• arcayate: worships
• arcayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; पूजां करोति

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; यः-इत्यस्य विशेष्यः

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विकल्पे (नरः/नारी)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (particle of alternative)

• saṃyatā: self-controlled
• saṃyatā: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃyata (कृदन्त; सम्+यम् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (नारी/साध्वी)

• sādhvī: a virtuous woman
• sādhvī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhvī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (कामान्)

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• avāpnuyāt: would obtain
• avāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava+āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; फलवचनम्

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive in Māgha season; a devotee (man or a sādhvī woman) offers flowers, lamps, and white offerings to Devamātā Sarasvatī; the atmosphere is cool, bright, and auspicious, emphasizing tṛtīyā vrata worship.

Characters & Entities

• Māgha (month)
• Tṛtīyā (lunar day)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship at the right sacred time, performed with self-restraint and virtue, is said to yield complete fulfillment of righteous desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Devī’s worship connected with Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as per the surrounding Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-arcana (worship) on Māgha month Tṛtīyā; emphasis on saṃyama (self-control) and sādhvī-bhāva (virtuous conduct).