Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

सम्यक्स्नात्वा नरो यस्तु पूजयेद्गरुडध्वजम् । पीतांबरधरो भूत्वा दिव्याभरणभूषितः

Transliteration

samyaksnātvā naro yastu pūjayedgaruḍadhvajam | pītāṃbaradharo bhūtvā divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

Translation

Doch der Mensch, der sich ordnungsgemäß badet und den verehrt, dessen Banner Garuḍa ist (Viṣṇu), wird in gelbe Gewänder gekleidet und mit göttlichem Schmuck geziert.

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातुः स्ना (स्नाने)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गरुडध्वजम्: the one whose banner is Garuḍa (Viṣṇu)
• गरुडध्वजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गरुडस्य ध्वजः’ (Viṣṇu)

• पीताम्बरधरः: wearing yellow garments
• पीताम्बरधरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नरः); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘पीतम् अम्बरं धरति’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातुः भू

• दिव्याभरणभूषितः: adorned with divine ornaments
• दिव्याभरणभूषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (भूष्-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तृतीया/करण-तत्पुरुषः ‘दिव्यैः आभरणैः भूषितः’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gomatī–udadhi-saṅgama (Dvārakā)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerges from the confluence, then stands before Viṣṇu (Garuḍadhvaja) in worship; as a boon, his form is shown transfigured—wearing bright yellow cloth and shining ornaments—suggesting entry into a divine mode of being.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu)
• Snāna
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity through snāna and devotion through pūjā transform the devotee toward a divine state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Gomati–Dvārakā tīrtha setting described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper bathing followed by worship of Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa).