Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूज यते भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पैर्विधानतः । कोटिपूजाफलं तस्य तथेत्याह सदाशिवः

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūja yate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpairvidhānataḥ | koṭipūjāphalaṃ tasya tathetyāha sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Wer Ihn in Bhakti verehrt und nach rechter Vorschrift Düfte und Blumen darbringt, erlangt die Frucht von einem Krore an Gottesdiensten; so verkündet Sadāśiva.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• तम्: him/that (deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• गन्धपुष्पैः: with perfumes and flowers
• गन्धपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धपुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समास: गन्ध + पुष्प (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• विधानतः: according to prescribed rite
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = 'according to rule/method'

• कोटिपूजाफलम्: the fruit of a crore of worships
• कोटिपूजाफलम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + पूजा + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समास: कोट्या पूजायाः फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyopapadana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समास: सदा + शिव (नित्यः शिवः)

Speaker

Śiva (Sadāśiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarveśvara/Bahusuvarṇa (Bahusuvarṇaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs orderly liṅga-pūjā at Sarveśvara: applying sandal paste and offering fresh flowers; the sanctum glows, and an unseen Sadāśiva ‘assents’ to the merit, symbolized by a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Bahusuvarṇēśvara (context)
• Pūjā
• Gandha
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper, devoted worship at a powerful tīrtha multiplies merit immensely, highlighting bhakti guided by vidhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahusuvarṇēśvara/Sarveśvara shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with gandha (fragrance) and puṣpa (flowers) performed vidhānataḥ (per proper procedure).