Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

होमयिष्यति यो भक्त्या लक्षमेकं तदग्रतः । पंचोपचारविधिना त्वां तु संपूज्य यत्नतः

Transliteration

homayiṣyati yo bhaktyā lakṣamekaṃ tadagrataḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā tvāṃ tu saṃpūjya yatnataḥ

Translation

Wer in Hingabe vor jener Gottheit ein Homa von einem Lakh (hunderttausend) Opfergaben vollzieht und dich sorgfältig nach dem Ritus der fünf Darbringungen (pañcopacāra) verehrt, wird die ersehnte geistige Frucht erlangen.

Word by Word

• होमयिष्यति: will perform homa / will offer oblations
• होमयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘will cause oblation/perform homa’)

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

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

• लक्षम्: a lakh (100,000)
• लक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (one hundred thousand)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• तत्: of that / his
• तत्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रतः: in front (of you/it)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशबोधक-अव्यय (adverb of place: ‘in front’)

• पञ्चोपचारविधिना: by the method of five offerings/services
• पञ्चोपचारविधिना: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + उपचार + विधि (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पञ्चानाम् उपचाराणाम् विधिना)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / and
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• संपूज्य: having fully worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• यत्नतः: carefully / with effort
• यत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः (अव्यय; यत्न-शब्दात् तसिल्)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘carefully’)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing homa-kuṇḍa before a sanctified icon; the devotee offers continuous āhutis, then completes worship with five upacāras arranged neatly on a tray.

Characters & Entities

• Bhauma (Maṅgala/Mars)
• Aṅgāreśvara
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Homa
• Pañcopacāra Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with disciplined ritual (homa and proper pūjā) is praised as a direct means to obtain the desired fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Aṅgāreśvara/Bhauma-related liṅga tradition within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa of one lakh oblations and worship by pañcopacāra (five-fold offerings) performed carefully before the deity.