Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

श्रीपंचम्यां विधानेन यस्तच्च पूजयिष्यति । सप्तपुरुषावधिर्यावत्तस्य लक्ष्मीर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

śrīpaṃcamyāṃ vidhānena yastacca pūjayiṣyati | saptapuruṣāvadhiryāvattasya lakṣmīrbhaviṣyati

Translation

Wer jenen (Somanātha-Liṅga) am Śrīpañcamī nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung verehrt, bei dem wird Lakṣmī, der Wohlstand, verweilen und sich bis zu sieben Generationen erstrecken.

Word by Word

• श्रीपञ्चम्याम्: on Śrīpañcamī (festival day)
• श्रीपञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: श्रीया युक्ता पञ्चमी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that (liṅga/place)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: also
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सप्तपुरुषावधिः: a limit up to seven generations
• सप्तपुरुषावधिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + पुरुष + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विगु-पूर्वपद: सप्तपुरुषाणाम् अवधि: limit up to seven generations), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यावत्: up to/as long as
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधि-सूचक (correlative: as long as/up to)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: prosperity/fortune
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from continuing bestowal of phala-śruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somanātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) interlocutor within Prabhāsa-māhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees on Śrīpañcamī offer bilva leaves, lamps, and water to the Somanātha liṅga; a family lineage is symbolically shown behind them (seven ancestral figures as faint silhouettes), while Lakṣmī’s presence is suggested through lotus motifs and overflowing grain.

Characters & Entities

• Somanātha
• Śrīpañcamī
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timed, rule-based worship at a sanctified liṅga yields enduring auspiciousness that supports family lineages, not merely individual gain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somanātha in Prabhāsakṣetra, connected to Kubera’s establishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā to Somanātha on Śrīpañcamī, following the proper vidhi (prescribed ritual procedure).