Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

शतपुष्पैः शुभैः पुष्पैरर्चितं ह्यमराधिपः । प्रणम्य च महाभक्त्या तुष्टुवु स्तं सुरास्ततः

Transliteration

śatapuṣpaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpairarcitaṃ hyamarādhipaḥ | praṇamya ca mahābhaktyā tuṣṭuvu staṃ surāstataḥ

Translation

Der Herr der Unsterblichen verehrte ihn mit hundert glückverheißenden Blumen. Dann priesen ihn die Götter, sich in großer Hingabe verneigend.

Word by Word

• शतपुष्पैः: with a hundred flowers
• शतपुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (Neuter Instrumental Plural; ‘with hundred flowers’)

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Instrumental Plural; adjective)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (Neuter Instrumental Plural)

• अर्चितम्: worshipped
• अर्चितम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Past passive participle; Neuter Nom/Acc Singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अमराधिपः: the lord of the gods
• अमराधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Masculine Nominative Singular; ‘lord of the immortals’)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) → प्रणम्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund); क्रियाविशेषण (absolutive; adverbial)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• महाभक्त्या: with great devotion
• महाभक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (Feminine Instrumental Singular; ‘with great devotion’)

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → तुष्टुवुः
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine Accusative Singular; pronoun)

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thereafter/from there)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods offer a hundred auspicious flowers to the deity; after worship they bow deeply with great devotion and begin a formal hymn of praise.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Amarādhipa)
• Devas
• Gaṇeśa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest gods honor Gaṇeśa with devotion; sincere worship and praise are themselves purifying and auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights worship practice rather than a named tīrtha; the setting remains Dharmāraṇya’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Puṣpārcana with a hundred auspicious flowers, followed by praṇāma and stuti.