Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तु तं पूजयेद्देवि पंचम्यां फाल्गुने सिते । पञ्चोपचारविधिना जिताहारो जितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

yastu taṃ pūjayeddevi paṃcamyāṃ phālgune site | pañcopacāravidhinā jitāhāro jitendriyaḥ

Translation

O Göttin, wer Ihn am fünften Mondtag der hellen Hälfte des Monats Phālguna verehrt—nach dem Ritus der fünf Darbringungen (pañcopacāra)—, mäßig in der Nahrung und die Sinne bezwungen, vollzieht ein wahrhaft preiswürdiges Gelübde.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (particle: however/indeed)

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Accusative; Singular)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person; Singular; Parasmaipada)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन (Feminine; Vocative; Singular)

• paṃcamyām: on the fifth (tithi)
• paṃcamyām: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃcamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Feminine; Locative; Singular); तिथिवाचक (on the fifth lunar day)

• phālgune: in Phālguna
• phālgune: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Locative; Singular); मासवाचक (in the month Phālguna)

• site: in the bright (fortnight)
• site: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Locative; Singular); पक्षवाचक—शुक्लपक्षे (in the bright fortnight)

• pañcopacāravidhinā: by the method of five offerings
• pañcopacāravidhinā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca-upacāra-vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Instrumental; Singular)

• jitāhāraḥ: one who has controlled diet
• jitāhāraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier of yaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita-āhāra (√ji धातोः क्त; + āhāra प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

• jitendriyaḥ: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• jitendriyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier of yaḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jita-indriya (√ji धातोः क्त; + indriya प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nominative; Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananteśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Ananteśvara shrine on a bright Phālguna morning, offering five upacāras—gandha, puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya—while maintaining a restrained, meditative posture; priests and lamps, with seasonal blossoms.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Phālguna
• Pañcamī
• Ananteśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship bears fruit when joined with self-discipline—control of diet and senses—along with sincere ritual devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, in the context of Ananteśvara’s glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship on Phālguna bright-fortnight Pañcamī using pañcopacāra (five-offering) pūjā, undertaken with restraint.