Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

या नारी पूजयेद्देवीं तृतीयायां समाहिता । तदन्वये न दौर्भाग्ययुक्ता नारी भविष्यति

Transliteration

yā nārī pūjayeddevīṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ samāhitā | tadanvaye na daurbhāgyayuktā nārī bhaviṣyati

Translation

凡女子若于月相第三日（Tṛtīyā）专心供奉女神，则其家族血脉之中，将无女子再受厄运所缠。

Word by Word

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• nārī: woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• samāhitā: composed, attentive
• samāhitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (नारी)

• tad-anvaye: in her lineage
• tad-anvaye: Adhikarana (Location/Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तस्य अन्वयः); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• daurbhāgya-yuktā: endowed with misfortune
• daurbhāgya-yuktā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/संबन्ध: दौर्भाग्येन युक्ता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (नारी)

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāradeśvarī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman devotee, composed and focused, offers flowers and lamp to Nāradeśvarī on Tṛtīyā; behind her, women of her lineage appear as a symbolic procession, all marked by auspicious signs (maṅgala) indicating freedom from daurbhāgya.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Nāradeśvarī)
• Tṛtīyā (lunar day)
• Nāradeśvara
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused Devī-worship is framed as both personal and generational uplift—transforming fortune through dharmic devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāradeśvarī (in the Nāradeśvara vicinity) within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Devī pūjā with concentration on Tṛtīyā (the third tithi), presented as a lineage-protecting observance.