Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

पुष्पैर्धूपैर्मोदकैश्च पूर्वमभ्यर्च्य त्वां प्रभो । पुजयंति कुमारेशं तेषां विघ्नहरो भव

Transliteration

puṣpairdhūpairmodakaiśca pūrvamabhyarcya tvāṃ prabho | pujayaṃti kumāreśaṃ teṣāṃ vighnaharo bhava

Translation

O Lord, having first worshipped You with flowers, incense, and sweet offerings (modaka), they then worship Kumāreśa. For them, become the remover of obstacles.

Word by Word

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• धूपैः: with incense
• धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• मोदकैः: with sweets (modakas)
• मोदकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• पूर्वम्: first/beforehand
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (first/beforehand)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि- अर्च् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

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

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयन्ति: they worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• कुमारेशम्: Kumāreśa (Lord of Kumāra)
• कुमारेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुमारस्य ईशः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विघ्नहरः: remover of obstacles
• विघ्नहरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विघ्नानां हरः)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda/Kumāra (addressing Kapardin/Śiva, with Vighnarāja implied in context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśa (as shrine/deity focus)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kapardin (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Śiva with flowers, incense, and modakas; then they turn to Kumāreśa’s shrine. Śiva is invoked as the remover of obstacles for those devotees.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāreśa (Skanda)
• Kapardin (Śiva)
• Vighnahara (remover of obstacles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper order in worship—honouring the Lord first—brings grace that removes impediments to devotion and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kumāreśvara shrine/area celebrated in this chapter, where worship grants vighna-śānti and merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and modaka (sweet offering), performed first to the addressed Lord, then to Kumāreśa.