Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे वरानने । पूजयेच्छंकरादित्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tasminkṣetre varānane | pūjayecchaṃkarādityaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam

Translation

فلذلك، أيتها الإلهة ذات الوجه البهيّ، ينبغي بكل اجتهاد في ذلك الحقل المقدّس أن تُعبَد شانكاراديتيا (Śaṅkarāditya)، واهب ثمار جميع الرغبات.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: with all effort
• सर्वप्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + प्रयत्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘with all effort’

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced lady
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; ‘O fair-faced one’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विध्यर्थ—‘should worship’

• शंकरादित्यम्: Śaṅkara-Āditya (the deity)
• शंकरादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर-आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; शंकर + आदित्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; देवताद्वन्द्व-नाम (name of the deity)

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-काम-फल-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + काम + फल + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘giver of fruits of all desires’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkarāditya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s concluding exhortation to Devī overlays a devotional montage: pilgrims worship Śaṅkarāditya with red offerings, the Prabhāsa kṣetra landscape surrounding them, suggesting wish-fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Śaṅkarāditya
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma encourages diligent worship at sanctified places; sincere pūjā is portrayed as fulfilling rightful aims of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkarāditya in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Śaṅkarāditya with full effort while residing/visiting that kṣetra.