Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पूजायां प्रीयते रुद्रो जपहोमैर्दिवाकरः । शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिः प्रणिपातेन तुष्यति

Transliteration

pūjāyāṃ prīyate rudro japahomairdivākaraḥ | śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ praṇipātena tuṣyati

Translation

Rudra erfreut sich an der Verehrung; die Sonne erfreut sich an Japa und Homa. Und der Herr, der Muschel, Diskus und Keule trägt, wird durch Niederwerfung zufrieden.

Word by Word

• pūjāyām: in worship
• pūjāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular

• prīyate: is pleased
• prīyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — 3rd person singular, present, middle; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (passive sense)

• rudraḥ: Rudra (Śiva)
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• japa-homaiḥ: by japa and homa (recitation and oblations)
• japa-homaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa (प्रातिपदिक) + homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार/द्वन्द्व), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• divākaraḥ: the Sun
• divākaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-pāṇiḥ: the one whose hands bear conch, discus, and mace (Viṣṇu)
• śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-pāṇiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + gadā (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः = ‘यस्य पाणौ शङ्खचक्रगदाः सः’

• praṇipātena: by prostration
• praṇipātena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇipāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• tuṣyati: is satisfied
• tuṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular, present, active

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration in Revā Khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A royal interlocutor (implied by subsequent 'rājendra')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triadic devotional tableau: a devotee offers flowers and bilva to Rudra; performs japa beside a small homa fire facing the rising Sun; then prostrates before Viṣṇu holding śaṅkha, cakra, and gadā.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Viṣṇu (Śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Different deities are traditionally approached through distinct forms of devotion, each effective in its own way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse gives a general dharma-teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā for Rudra, japa and homa for Sūrya, and praṇipāta (prostration) for Viṣṇu.