Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्रोपविश्य सुशुभे भक्तियुक्तः स्थिरासने । सम्यक्संपादिताशेष पूजोपकरणः शुचिः

Transliteration

tatropaviśya suśubhe bhaktiyuktaḥ sthirāsane | samyaksaṃpāditāśeṣa pūjopakaraṇaḥ śuciḥ

Translation

ثم يجلس هناك على مقعدٍ جميل ثابت، ممتلئًا بالخشوع، طاهرًا، وقد رتّب على الوجه الصحيح جميع لوازم العبادة، فيكون على أهبة الشروع.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• upaviśya: having sat down
• upaviśya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √viś (विश् प्रवेशने) + upa-
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having sat down’

• su-śubhe: on a very auspicious (seat)
• su-śubhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थिरासने इति विशेषणम् (सुशुभे स्थिरासने)

• bhakti-yuktaḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhakti-yuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √yuj युजे, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष: भक्त्या युक्तः)

• sthira-āsane: on a steady seat
• sthira-āsane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthira (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (स्थिरम् आसनम्)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• saṃpādita-aśeṣa-pūjā-upakaraṇaḥ: one who has properly prepared all the requisites for worship
• saṃpādita-aśeṣa-pūjā-upakaraṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpādita (कृदन्त, √pad पद् गतौ/सिद्धौ + sam-, णिच्, क्त) + aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (बहुपद: पूजायाः उपकरणम्; अशेषं पूजोपकरणं; तत् संपादितम् यस्य सः)

• śuciḥ: pure, clean
• śuciḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Śāṇḍilya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee sits firmly on a neat āsana before the Śiva-liṅga; all ritual implements are laid out in orderly rows; the face shows focused devotion and calm readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva pūjā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion must be supported by steadiness and preparedness; order and purity help the mind remain fixed on Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the instruction concerns the devotee’s posture and preparedness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sit on a stable, auspicious seat with devotion, maintain purity, and keep all pūjā implements properly arranged.