Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

आराधयामि तद्भक्त्या त्रिजगजन्मकारणम् । शिरस्याधाय चान्यां मे शक्तिरूपां तथा हरिः

Transliteration

ārādhayāmi tadbhaktyā trijagajanmakāraṇam | śirasyādhāya cānyāṃ me śaktirūpāṃ tathā hariḥ

Translation

Mit jener Hingabe verehre ich die Ursache der Geburt der drei Welten; und ebenso ehrt Hari mich, indem er eine weitere meiner Mächte in Gestalt von Śakti auf sein Haupt legt.

Word by Word

• आराधयामि: I worship
• आराधयामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — I worship

• तत्: by that
• तत्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular (by that)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• त्रिजगजन्मकारणम्: the cause of the birth of the three worlds
• त्रिजगजन्मकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + जगत् + जन्म + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; समासः (त्रिजगस्य जन्मनः कारणम्)

• शिरसि: on (the) head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय — having placed

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• अन्याम्: another
• अन्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषण (for शक्तिरूपाम्)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive enclitic (my)

• शक्तिरूपाम्: (one) in the form of power/Śakti
• शक्तिरूपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — accusative singular; तत्पुरुष (शक्तेः रूपा)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय — adverb (thus/so)

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene worship scene: the devotee-deity offers flowers and lamp to the tri-jagat-kāraṇa; Hari respectfully lifts/places a radiant feminine śakti-emblem upon his head, signifying reverence for divine power.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Śakti (as power-form, Devī implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is mutual and cosmic: divine powers honor and uphold each other, with Śakti as the operative force in creation and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra provides the sacred frame for this theological teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana/ārādhana-bhakti (devotional propitiation) is implied; no detailed rite is specified.