Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन हृषीकेशं समर्चयेत् । संसारबंधतो राजन्मुक्तिमाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena hṛṣīkeśaṃ samarcayet | saṃsārabaṃdhato rājanmuktimāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

فلذلك، أيها الملك، ينبغي أن يُعبَد هṛṣīkeśa بكل جهد ممكن. ينال الإنسان الموكشا (mokṣa) ويتحرر من قيود السمسارا (saṃsāra).

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण निबद्धम्, हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूतम् (ablative used adverbially: ‘therefore/from that reason’)

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ)

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• samarcayet: should worship
• samarcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃsāra-bandhataḥ: from the bondage of saṃsāra
• saṃsāra-bandhataḥ: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bandha (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्ययम् (ablatival adverb: ‘from’); पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः: संसार-बंध (bondage of saṃsāra)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mānavaḥ: a human being
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator/Teacher addressing a King (contextual speaker not explicit in this single verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa within Prabhāsa-kṣetra itinerary

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king listens to a sage’s instruction while pilgrims worship Hṛṣīkeśa in the background; the atmosphere is didactic and liberation-focused.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wholehearted worship of Hṛṣīkeśa is presented as a direct means to freedom from saṃsāra and attainment of mokṣa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context, the teaching supports the sacred landscape of Arbuda (Mount Abu region), emphasizing devotion connected to local praise of worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular, earnest arcana (reverential worship) of Hṛṣīkeśa—performed with full effort and devotion.