Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

शिवपूजांतरायो मे जातोद्य बत पाप्मनः । पूजां विना क्षणमपि नाहं जीवितुमुत्सहे

Transliteration

śivapūjāṃtarāyo me jātodya bata pāpmanaḥ | pūjāṃ vinā kṣaṇamapi nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe

Translation

„Weh mir! Durch meine Sünde ist heute ein Hindernis für meine Verehrung Śivas entstanden. Ohne die Pūjā zu vollziehen, vermag ich nicht einmal einen Augenblick zu leben.“

Word by Word

• śivapūjāntarāyaḥ: obstacle to Śiva-worship
• śivapūjāntarāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + pūjā + antarāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (śivapūjāyāḥ antarāyaḥ = obstacle to Śiva-worship)

• me: for me / my
• me: Sampradana (Possessor/सम्प्रदान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (my/to me)

• jātaḥ: has arisen
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate state/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan (जन्))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त (arisen/occurred)

• adya: today/now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• bata: alas
• bata: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bata (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मय/खेदसूचक निपात (alas/indeed)

• pāpmanaḥ: of sin; due to sin
• pāpmanaḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कारण/सम्बन्ध (of sin/sinfulness)

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Exclusion/वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात, वियोगार्थक (without)

• kṣaṇam: a moment
• kṣaṇam: Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण (a moment)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (even/also)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jīvitum: to live
• jīvitum: Karma (Complement of 'utsahe'/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīvitum (कृदन्त; √jīv (जीव्))
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive): to live

• utsahe: I can bear/dare
• utsahe: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sah (सह्) with ud- (उत्सह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (I am able/dare)

Speaker

Śabara

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Śabara, hands clasped, eyes moist, speaks with intense devotion and anguish, as if the very delay of worship is unbearable; a small household shrine sits nearby, unserved.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast bhakti treats worship as essential; even obstacles are seen as tests to be overcome with renewed sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No place is specified; the verse glorifies devotion to Śiva through uninterrupted worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The importance of performing Śiva-pūjā regularly (nitya-pūjā) is emphasized.