Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

नमस्कृत्वा तु विधिवत्प्रसादं धारयेद्बुधः । एष साधारणः प्रोक्तः शिवपूजाविधिस्तव

Transliteration

namaskṛtvā tu vidhivatprasādaṃ dhārayedbudhaḥ | eṣa sādhāraṇaḥ proktaḥ śivapūjāvidhistava

Translation

Having bowed down according to the rite, the wise person should receive and bear the prasāda, the consecrated grace. This has been declared to you as the standard procedure of Śiva worship.

Word by Word

• नमस्कृत्वा: having bowed/saluted
• नमस्कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having saluted’

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: then/indeed/but)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed method
• विधिवत्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• प्रसादम्: grace/favor (prasāda)
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• धारयेत्: should retain/receive
• धारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; should hold/retain

• बुधः: the wise person
• बुधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun; Nominative singular

• साधारणः: general/common
• साधारणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; एषः इति विशेषणम्; Nominative singular

• प्रोक्तः: is declared/said
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘has been said’

• शिव-पूजा-विधिः: the procedure for Śiva-worship
• शिव-पूजा-विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘शिवस्य पूजायाः विधिः’

• तव: for you/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (2nd person pronoun)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (instructional narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee prostrates before the Śiva shrine; the priest places prasāda (vibhūti/flowers/holy water) into the devotee’s hands, who holds it to the head in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implicitly)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual culminates in humility (namaskāra) and grace (prasāda), which the devotee reverently receives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the teaching is a standard Śiva-pūjā guideline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform proper obeisance and then accept/partake of prasāda as the completion of worship.