Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रासादं देवदेवस्य संविधाय कपर्दिनः । अव्यग्रं पूजयामास पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ devadevasya saṃvidhāya kapardinaḥ | avyagraṃ pūjayāmāsa puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

Nachdem er für den Gott der Götter—Kapardin (Śiva)—ein Heiligtum, einen Tempel, errichtet hatte, verehrte er Ihn mit ungeteiltem Geist, mit Blumen, Weihrauch und duftenden Salbungen.

Word by Word

• प्रासादम्: a temple/palace
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवानां देवः’ = ‘God of gods’

• संविधाय: having constructed/arranged
• संविधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having arranged/constructed’

• कपर्दिनः: of Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्दिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; epithet of Śiva ‘the matted-haired one’

• अव्यग्रम्: undistractedly
• अव्यग्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adverbial accusative ‘without distraction’ (qualifying the act of worship)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘worshipped’

• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + धूप + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः ‘पुष्पैः धूपैः अनुलेपनैः’ = ‘with flowers, incense, and unguents’

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharmarāja supervises or completes a small prāsāda for Śiva; inside, a liṅga or Śiva icon is worshiped with garlands, incense smoke curling upward, and attendants offering sandal paste; Dharmarāja’s face shows concentrated devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeva, Kapardin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused, attentive worship (avyagra pūjā) is praised as a powerful means to gain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is within a tīrtha/kṣetra setting, but the site name is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva pūjā with upacāras: puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and anulepana (unguents/pastes).