Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या नृत्यगीतादिवादनैः । होमजाप्यैः समाधिस्थः स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā nṛtyagītādivādanaiḥ | homajāpyaiḥ samādhisthaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

من يعبده بإخلاص—بالرقص والإنشاد وعزف الآلات—وبالهُوما وتكرار المانترا، وهو ثابت في السَّمادهي، يبلغ المقام الأعلى.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सापेक्ष-सर्वनाम

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नृत्य-गीत-आदि-वादनैः: with dance, song, and other music/performances
• नृत्य-गीत-आदि-वादनैः: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य + गीत + आदि (अव्यय) + वादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समाहार/सूची-समास (नृत्यं गीतं च आदयः; तैः वादनैः)

• होम-जाप्यैः: with oblations and muttered prayers
• होम-जाप्यैः: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (होमैः च जाप्यैः च)

• समाधि-स्थः: abiding in samādhi
• समाधि-स्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (समाधौ स्थितः)

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

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇeśvara (within Rāmeśvara-kṣetra, Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee before a Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsa: dancers and singers with vīṇā/mṛdaṅga, a small homa-kuṇḍa blazing, and the worshipper seated in samādhi as lamps flicker in sea-breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇeśvara (implied)
• Liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integrated devotion—ritual (homa), mantra (japa), aesthetic offering (music/dance), and meditation (samādhi)—is praised as leading to the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lakṣmaṇeśvara shrine within the Rāmeśvara sacred region of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā supported by nṛtya-gīta-vādya, homa, and japa, with the worshipper cultivating samādhi.