Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

विष्णुं संपूज्य विधिवत्सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् । पुत्रानवाप्नुयाद्विद्धि धर्मांश्च विधिवन्नरः

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ saṃpūjya vidhivatsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt | putrānavāpnuyādviddhi dharmāṃśca vidhivannaraḥ

Translation

Wer Viṣṇu ordnungsgemäß verehrt, erlangt alle gewünschten Ziele. Wisse, dass er auch würdige Söhne gewinnt und durch rechte Befolgung ebenso die Früchte des Dharma empfängt.

Word by Word

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done)

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner-adverb)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कमान् इति विशेष्य)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विद्धि: know (you)
• विद्धि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धर्मान्: righteous merits, dharmas
• धर्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• विधिवत्: duly
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrodaka (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs formal Viṣṇu worship near the tīrtha: lamp, incense, flowers, and naivedya arranged; Viṣṇu icon or śālagrāma on a pedestal; behind, the calm waters and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper, rule-based worship of Viṣṇu is presented as a dharmic path that yields both worldly aims and spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Ayodhyā Māhātmya; this verse gives a general phalaśruti of Viṣṇu-pūjā within that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat (according to injunction) worship/pūjā of Viṣṇu.