Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पुष्पमेकं हृषीकेशे यश्चारोपयते नृप । सुखसौभाग्यसंयुक्त इह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

puṣpamekaṃ hṛṣīkeśe yaścāropayate nṛpa | sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyukta iha loke paratra ca

Translation

O King, whoever offers even a single flower to Hṛṣīkeśa becomes endowed with happiness and good fortune—both in this world and in the next.

Word by Word

• puṣpam: a flower
• puṣpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ekam: one
• ekam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (puṣpam)

• hṛṣīkeśe: in/at Hṛṣīkeśa (temple/Deity)
• hṛṣīkeśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’ (yaḥ ca)

• āropayate: offers/places (causes to be placed)
• āropayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-ruh (धातु) (causative sense)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-प्रयोगः (here used as ‘causes to be placed/offers’)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• sukha-saubhāgya-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukha + saubhāgya + saṃyukta (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sukhena saubhāgyena ca saṃyuktaḥ)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘here’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• paratra: hereafter
• paratra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘in the other world/thereafter’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu) shrine/tīrtha in Arbuda-prasaṅga

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king offers a single flower at the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa’s icon; the sanctum glows softly, attendants hold water-pot and bell; the offering is humble yet radiant in effect.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even minimal devotional offerings, when made at the right sacred focus (Hṛṣīkeśa), yield great auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hṛṣīkeśa shrine in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa context, presented as a bestower of worldly and otherworldly welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a flower (puṣpa-arpana) to Hṛṣīkeśa.