Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शालग्राम शिला येन पूजिता तुलसी दलैः । स पारिजातमालाभिः पूज्यते सुरसद्मनि

Transliteration

śālagrāma śilā yena pūjitā tulasī dalaiḥ | sa pārijātamālābhiḥ pūjyate surasadmani

Translation

Wer den Śālagrāma‑Stein mit Tulasī‑Blättern verehrt, der wird in der Wohnstatt der Götter mit Girlanden aus Pārijāta‑Blüten verehrt.

Word by Word

• शालग्रामशिला: the Śālagrāma stone
• शालग्रामशिला: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धक (Relative pronoun)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate in passive/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तुलसी: of tulasī
• तुलसी: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (Genitive relation), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-भाव (as first member in phrase)

• दलैः: with leaves
• दलैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन, सर्वनाम

• पारिजातमालाभिः: with garlands of pārijāta flowers
• पारिजातमालाभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिजात (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुरसद्मनि: in the abode/temple of the gods
• सुरसद्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सद्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma (Gandaki)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A home shrine: Śālagrāma on a pedestal, tulasī leaves offered with water; above, the celestial realm where devas honor the devotee with pārijāta garlands.

Characters & Entities

• Śālagrāma
• Tulasī
• Pārijāta
• Sura-sadman (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, sincere Vaiṣṇava worship—Śālagrāma with tulasī—is exalted as yielding exalted honor beyond this world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No geographic tirtha is named; the focus is on the sacred object Śālagrāma and the devotional offering of tulasī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Śālagrāma-śilā using tulasī leaves, implying standard upacāras of Vaiṣṇava worship.