Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

नंदादित्यं प्रतिष्ठाप्य गंधधूपानुलेपनैः । पूजयामास तं देवि पुष्पैरुच्चावचैस्तथा

Transliteration

naṃdādityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya gaṃdhadhūpānulepanaiḥ | pūjayāmāsa taṃ devi puṣpairuccāvacaistathā

Translation

Nachdem er Nandāditya eingesetzt hatte, o Göttin, verehrte er ihn mit Wohlgerüchen, Weihrauch und Salbungen, ebenso mit Blumen vieler Arten.

Word by Word

• नन्दादित्यम्: Nandāditya (a form/name of the Sun)
• नन्दादित्यम्: Karman (object of ‘प्रतिष्ठाप्य/पूजयामास’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्द + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘नन्दः आदित्यः’ (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव/gerund), ‘प्रतिष्ठाप्य’ = having installed/established

• गन्धधूपानुलेपनैः: with perfumes, incense, and unguents
• गन्धधूपानुलेपनैः: Karaṇa (means/instruments of worship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + धूप + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘गन्ध-धूप-अनुलेपन’ = perfumes, incense, unguents

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• उच्चावचैः: various; of many kinds
• उच्चावचैः: Viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of ‘पुष्पैः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्च + अवच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘उच्चावच’ = उच्चानि अवचानि (विविधानि)

• तथा: and also; likewise
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) — continuing narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Māheśvarī-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the sacred bank, the devotee installs Nandāditya and performs elaborate worship with incense smoke, fragrant pastes, and heaps of varied flowers arranged in ritual symmetry.

Characters & Entities

• Nandāditya (Sūrya)
• Devī (addressed)
• Pratiṣṭhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes concrete through consecration and careful worship, sanctifying both place and worshipper.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where installing and worshipping Sūrya is narrated as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation) of Nandāditya and pūjā with gandha, dhūpa, anulepana, and diverse flowers.