Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

नित्यं पूजय ताः पुत्र पुष्पधूपविलेपनैः । स्तुतिभिश्चोपहारैश्च यथा तुष्यति तास्तव

Transliteration

nityaṃ pūjaya tāḥ putra puṣpadhūpavilepanaiḥ | stutibhiścopahāraiśca yathā tuṣyati tāstava

Translation

Verehre sie täglich, mein Sohn, mit Blumen, Weihrauch und duftenden Salbungen; ebenso mit Lobgesängen und Gaben, damit sie dir gewogen seien.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: always)

• पूजय: worship
• पूजय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ताः: them
• ताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (vocative)

• पुष्पधूपविलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपविलेपनैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + धूप + विलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural); साधनसमुच्चय (with flowers, incense, and unguents)

• स्तुतिभिः: with praises
• स्तुतिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• उपहारैः: with offerings
• उपहारैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (adverb/conjunction: so that/as)

• तुष्यति: is pleased
• तुष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ताः: they (those goddesses)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तव: of you/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional voice in-story, likely Dāmodara advising Barbarīka; framed by Sūta)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: पुत्र (the instructed devotee/son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (addressed as ‘son’) performs daily pūjā before a Devī shrine: garlands of fresh flowers, curling incense smoke, a tray of unguents, and the devotee chanting hymns with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Devyaḥ (Goddesses)
• Durgā (implied)
• Barbarīka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent daily devotion, expressed through respectful offerings and praise, draws the Goddess’s satisfaction and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship instructions continue in the Guptakṣetra context established earlier in the passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily pūjā using flowers (puṣpa), incense (dhūpa), unguents (vilepana), hymns (stuti), and offerings (upahāra).