Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

पूजां च चक्रिरे पुष्पैश्चंदनादिसमुद्भवैः । तदा जाता महादिव्या पुरुषाः पार्षदा हरेः

Transliteration

pūjāṃ ca cakrire puṣpaiścaṃdanādisamudbhavaiḥ | tadā jātā mahādivyā puruṣāḥ pārṣadā hareḥ

Translation

Sie vollzogen die Pūjā mit Blumen und mit Gaben aus Sandelholz und dergleichen. Da erschienen überaus strahlende, göttliche Wesen — die Gefährten Haris.

Word by Word

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चक्रिरे: they performed
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• चन्दनादिसमुद्भवैः: arisen from sandalwood and the like (i.e., fragrant offerings)
• चन्दनादिसमुद्भवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दन + आदि + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (चन्दनादिभ्यः समुद्भवः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• जाताः: arose/came into being
• जाताः: Kriya/State (क्रिया/अवस्था)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) प्रयोगः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भावे/परिणामे ‘उत्पन्नाः’ इत्यर्थे

• महादिव्याः: greatly divine
• महादिव्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (महान्तः दिव्याः)

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• पार्षदाः: attendants/retainers
• पार्षदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; अपादान/सम्बन्धे ‘अनुचराः’

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

Speaker

Deductive (Dvārakā-māhātmya narrative voice; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After flower-and-sandal worship, the air brightens; radiant figures materialize—Hari’s attendants—haloed, youthful, and resplendent, standing in orderly ranks around the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship can draw near the divine realm—devotion is portrayed as capable of invoking Hari’s presence and retinue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting where worship culminates in divine manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with flowers and auspicious substances such as sandalwood preparations.