Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पूजयेत्तु विधानतः । यस्तत्र चतुरो मासन्सम्यग्व्रतपरायणः । अभ्यर्चयेद्धृषीकेशं न स भूयोऽभिजायते

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjayettu vidhānataḥ | yastatra caturo māsansamyagvrataparāyaṇaḥ | abhyarcayeddhṛṣīkeśaṃ na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate

Translation

Therefore, with every effort one should worship Him according to rule. Whoever there, devoted to proper vows for four months, duly adores Hṛṣīkeśa—he is not born again.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वः प्रयत्नः)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle: indeed/but)

• vidhānataḥ: according to the prescribed method
• vidhānataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘according to rule’

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: there)

• caturo: four
• caturo: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (to māsān)

• māsān: months
• māsān: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration as object/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• samyak-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to proper observance of vows
• samyak-vrata-parāyaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samyak (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (सम्यक्-व्रते परायणः = devoted to proper vows)

• abhyarcayet: should worship (reverently)
• abhyarcayet: Kriyā (Injunction/विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• abhijāyate: is born (again)
• abhijāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi + jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpa-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee observes the four-month vow—simple food, prayer beads, daily lamp—before Hṛṣīkeśa; the cycle of rebirth is depicted as a wheel fading away behind the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Cāturmāsya
• Vrata
• Pūjā/Arcana
• Mokṣa (no rebirth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained vow-observance and rule-based worship, anchored in a sacred place, is presented as liberating (ending rebirth).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “there” refers to the Hṛṣīkeśa sacred locale within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship according to injunctions, and a four-month (cāturmāsya) vrata culminating in Hṛṣīkeśa-arcana.