Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवं संपूजिते देवि सम्यग्यात्रा फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃpūjite devi samyagyātrā phalaṃ labhet

Translation

يا إلهة، إذا عُبِدَ هكذا عبادةً تامّةً على الوجه الصحيح، نال المرء الثمرة الكاملة واللائقة للحجّ التعبّدي.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• संपूजिते: when duly worshipped
• संपूजिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके सप्तमी (when/after being duly worshipped)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; गुणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (properly)

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing Devī; likely Śiva speaking within the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśvara (as the worship focus) / Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as the yātrā field)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, having completed the Prabhāsa circuit, offers final worship at Kumāreśvara; the path behind shows visited shrines, while the sanctum radiates a sense of completion and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage reaches completion through proper worship, not mere travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Kumāreśvara worship sequence described in Adhyāya 73.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Duly complete the worship (saṃpūjā) to secure the full pilgrimage result.