Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

पञ्चमे सोमवारे तु पूजयेच्च गणाधिपम् । विभूत्या सहितं देवं कुन्दपुष्पैः प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

pañcame somavāre tu pūjayecca gaṇādhipam | vibhūtyā sahitaṃ devaṃ kundapuṣpaiḥ prapūjayet

Translation

Am fünften Montag soll man Gaṇādhipa, den Herrn der Gaṇas, verehren. Man soll diese Gottheit zusammen mit Vibhūti (heiligem Aschepulver) mit Kunda-Blüten anbeten.

Word by Word

• pañcame: on the fifth
• pañcame: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषण (somavāre)

• somavāre: Monday
• somavāre: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: somavāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• gaṇādhipam: Gaṇādhipa (Lord of the gaṇas)
• gaṇādhipam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• vibhūtyā: with sacred ash (vibhūti)
• vibhūtyā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), एकवचन

• sahitam: accompanied (by)
• sahitam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (सह्-क्त, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (devam/gaṇādhipam)

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• kundapuṣpaiḥ: with kunda flowers
• kundapuṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kunda (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त-पuṣpa), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• prapūjayet: should worship well
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Gaṇeśa shrine within Prabhāsa precincts: devotee applies vibhūti, offers white kunda blossoms, Monday-vrata atmosphere with lamps and orderly offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇādhipa
• Vibhūti
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śaiva marks like vibhūti and pure offerings are upheld as signs of surrender and remembrance of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sequence of Somavāra worship is being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Gaṇādhipa with vibhūti and kunda flowers on the fifth Monday.