Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पूजयेत्तां विधानेन तं तथा भैरवेश्वरम् । महानवम्यां यत्नेन कृत्वा स्नानं विधानतः । सरस्वतीं पूजयित्वा वाग्दोषान्मुच्यतेऽखिलात्

Transliteration

pūjayettāṃ vidhānena taṃ tathā bhairaveśvaram | mahānavamyāṃ yatnena kṛtvā snānaṃ vidhānataḥ | sarasvatīṃ pūjayitvā vāgdoṣānmucyate'khilāt

Translation

Man soll Sie nach der Vorschrift verehren, ebenso Bhairaveśvara. Am Mahānavamī, nachdem man sorgfältig das vorgeschriebene Bad vollzogen und Sarasvatī verehrt hat, wird man gänzlich von allen Fehlern der Rede befreit.

Word by Word

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्/विधिलिङ् (optative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• tām: her/that (f.)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• vidhānena: by the prescribed procedure
• vidhānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• tam: him/that (m.)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• bhairaveśvaram: Bhairaveśvara (Lord Bhairava)
• bhairaveśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhairavasya īśvaraḥ)

• mahānavamyām: on the great Navamī (ninth lunar day)
• mahānavamyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + navamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahā navamī)

• yatnena: with effort
• yatnena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• vidhānataḥ: according to rule
• vidhānataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘विधानतः’ = विधानेन/विधानानुसारम्

• sarasvatīm: Sarasvatī
• sarasvatīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• pūjayitvā: having worshipped
• pūjayitvā: Kriyā (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• vāk-doṣān: faults of speech
• vāk-doṣān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vācaḥ doṣāḥ)

• mucyate: is freed
• mucyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• akhilāt: from all (of them)
• akhilāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (or पुंलिङ्ग as ‘अखिल’), पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘from entirely/all’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara and Devamātā spot at Prabhāsa; Sarasvatī worship context

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims perform ritual bath on Mahānavamī, then worship the sea-side Devī and Bhairaveśvara; Sarasvatī is honored to cleanse speech faults.

Characters & Entities

• Bhairaveśvara
• Devī
• Sarasvatī
• Mahānavamī
• Snāna (ritual bath)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual discipline joined with devotion—especially to Sarasvatī—purifies one’s speech and aligns one’s conduct with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, at the shrines of the Goddess and Bhairaveśvara within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahānavamī observance: perform prescribed snāna, worship the Goddess and Bhairaveśvara, and worship Sarasvatī for removal of vāgdoṣa (speech दोष).