Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मात्राहूतोपि बहुशः स पूजासक्तमानसः । बालोपि भोजनं नच्छत्तदा माता स्वयं ययौ

Transliteration

mātrāhūtopi bahuśaḥ sa pūjāsaktamānasaḥ | bālopi bhojanaṃ nacchattadā mātā svayaṃ yayau

Translation

ومع أنّ أمَّه نادته مرارًا، ظلّ قلبُه متعلّقًا بالعبادة؛ وعلى صِغَر سنّه لم يذهب إلى الطعام، فذهبت الأمّ بنفسها إلى هناك.

Word by Word

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karta (Agent in passive sense)/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• आहूतः: called, summoned
• आहूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ह्वे/ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been called’

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/though)

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• सक्त: attached, absorbed
• सक्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• मानसः: one whose mind was absorbed in worship
• मानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: पूजा-सक्त-मानसः = ‘पूजायां सक्तं मानसं यस्य’ (bahuvrīhi-like adjectival compound; treated as tatpuruṣa chain)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• भोजनम्: food, meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अच्छत्: he ate
• अच्छत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘ate’ (with negation)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb: herself)

• ययौ: she went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother calls repeatedly from outside with food ready; the child remains seated in pūjā, unmoving, absorbed; finally the mother walks toward the shrine herself, worry turning to irritation.

Characters & Entities

• Mother (gopī)
• Child devotee
• Śiva (implied by pūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep absorption in worship is depicted as a powerful spiritual state, even in a young devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual item is added; the verse stresses steadfast continuity in pūjā.