Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

हृषीकेशे विशेषेण कर्त्तव्यं पूजनं सदा

Transliteration

hṛṣīkeśe viśeṣeṇa karttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ sadā

Translation

ينبغي أن تُؤدَّى العبادة دائمًا، وبوجهٍ خاص وبإخلاصٍ مميّز، لهṛṣīkeśa.

Word by Word

• hṛṣīkeśe: in/for Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण निबद्धम्, प्रकारार्थे अव्ययीभूतम् (instrumental used adverbially: ‘especially/in particular’)

• kartavyam: should be done
• kartavyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tavya (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory: ‘to be done’)

• pūjanam: worship
• pūjanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: ‘always’)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Prabhāsa/Arbuda context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A simple daily shrine: Hṛṣīkeśa icon, tulasī, lamp, and a devotee performing regular pūjā at dawn and dusk.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, ongoing devotion—expressed as continual worship—is upheld as a core dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a general injunction within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting, reinforcing the devotional ethos associated with the Arbuda region’s sanctified worship culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sustained pūjā (worship) of Hṛṣīkeśa, performed regularly and with special emphasis.