Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एवं पूजां प्रकुर्वाणं शिवस्यानन्यमानसम् । सा पुत्रं प्रणयाद्गोपी भोजनाय समा ह्वयत्

Transliteration

evaṃ pūjāṃ prakurvāṇaṃ śivasyānanyamānasam | sā putraṃ praṇayādgopī bhojanāya samā hvayat

Translation

As he thus performed the pūjā, his mind fixed solely on Śiva, the cowherdess-mother, out of affection, called her son to come and eat.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वाणम्: doing/performing
• प्रकुर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies ‘पुत्रम्’ (him)

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अनन्य: undivided, exclusive
• अनन्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (compound-member)

• मानसम्: mind (with exclusive devotion)
• मानसम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: अनन्य-मानसम् = ‘अनन्यं मानसं यस्य’ (actually bahuvrīhi sense possible; here used as adjective to the boy)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रणयात्: from affection, out of love
• प्रणयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; हेतौ—‘out of affection’

• गोपी: cowherd woman
• गोपी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; apposition to सा

• भोजनाय: for the meal
• भोजनाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ—‘for eating/meal’

• समाः: properly, fully
• समाः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (expected ‘समाः’ is irregular/variant for ‘सम्यक्/समम्’; taken as adverbial adjective meaning ‘properly/fully’)

• ह्वयत्: she called
• ह्वयत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे/ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘called/invited’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cowherdess-mother (gopī) stands at the threshold, calling her child affectionately to eat, while the child remains intent on Śiva worship, gaze inward, offerings arranged before the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Gopī (cowherdess mother)
• Son (ballavī-suta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Undivided attention to Śiva (ananya-bhāva) is ideal, even amid ordinary household routines and obligations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is identified; the verse highlights the devotional mood rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The key practice is sustained Śiva-pūjā with ananya-manas (single-minded focus).