Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । पूजाविधिं हरेर्विप्राः शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः । विशेषात्फलदः प्रोक्तः पूजितो मधुमाधवे

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | pūjāvidhiṃ harerviprāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ | viśeṣātphaladaḥ proktaḥ pūjito madhumādhave

Translation

Prahlāda sprach: „O Brahmanen, hört mit ganz gesammeltem Geist die Vorschrift der Verehrung Haris. Die Verehrung, die Madhu‑Mādhava dargebracht wird, gilt als besonders fruchtspendend.“

Word by Word

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पूजाविधिम्: the procedure of worship
• पूजाविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजाविधि (प्रातिपदिक; पूजा + विधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पूजायाः विधिः)

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (addressed)

• शृणुध्वम्: listen
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सु: well; thoroughly
• सु: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/निपात (intensifier: well)

• समाहिताः: collected; attentive
• समाहिताः: Karta (Predicate to ‘viprāḥ’/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (as an adverbial ablative: especially)

• फलदः: fruit-giving
• फलदः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फलद (प्रातिपदिक; फल + द)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (फलं ददाति)

• प्रोक्तः: declared; stated
• प्रोक्तः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र- वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजितः: when worshipped; worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मधुमाधवे: in/for Madhu-Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुमाधवे: Adhikarana (Regarding/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुमाधव (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + माधव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (मधु-नामकः माधवः)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda, serene and radiant, addresses seated brāhmaṇas in a tīrtha-assembly near Dvārakā, introducing the worship-method of Hari/Madhu-Mādhava; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual vessels suggest an instructional setting.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Hari
• Madhu-Mādhava
• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused devotion and correct worship of Hari yield special spiritual and worldly fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Dvārakā-māhātmya setting, implying worship in Dvārakā and its tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An introduction to Hari’s pūjā-vidhi (worship procedure), elaborated in the following verses.