Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

स तं पूज्य विधानेन स्थित्वा दक्षिणतो मुनिः । पद्मासनधरो भूत्वा ध्यानावस्थस्तदाऽभवत्

Transliteration

sa taṃ pūjya vidhānena sthitvā dakṣiṇato muniḥ | padmāsanadharo bhūtvā dhyānāvasthastadā'bhavat

Translation

Nachdem er Ihn nach der rechten Vorschrift verehrt hatte, stellte sich der Muni südlich auf. Dann nahm er den Lotossitz ein und trat in tiefe Meditation ein.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तम्: him/that (liṅga/deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूज्य: having worshipped
• पूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed method
• विधानेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थित्वा: having stood/remained
• स्थित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• दक्षिणतः: to the south (of it)
• दक्षिणतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दक्षिणतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (directional adverb)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पद्मासनधरः: holding the lotus-posture (seated in padmāsana)
• पद्मासनधरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मासन + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनिः)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ध्यानावस्थः: being in a state of meditation
• ध्यानावस्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यान + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मुनिः)

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

• अभवत्: was; became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva-mandira)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, after completing prescribed worship, moves to the southern side of the shrine, sits in padmāsana, and becomes motionless in deep meditation before the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage)
• Śiva (implied worship context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship (vidhi) naturally culminates in inward absorption (dhyāna), showing the Purāṇic harmony of ritual and meditation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a Śaiva sacred landscape where worship and contemplation bear extraordinary fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā “according to proper procedure” (vidhānena), followed by adopting padmāsana for sustained meditation.