Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

शास्त्रमार्गेण चानेन भक्त्या यः पादुके मम । पूजयिष्यति सिद्धिः स्यात्तस्य मद्दर्शनोद्भवा

Transliteration

śāstramārgeṇa cānena bhaktyā yaḥ pāduke mama | pūjayiṣyati siddhiḥ syāttasya maddarśanodbhavā

Translation

Whoever, following the path of śāstra and with devotion, worships My pādukā—his attainment shall surely arise from the grace of My divine darśana (vision).

Word by Word

• शास्त्र: scripture/teaching
• शास्त्र: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• मार्गेण: by the path/method
• मार्गेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; (शास्त्र+मार्गेण) इति समस्तपदस्य अवयव

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

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पादुके: the (two) sandals
• पादुके: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयिष्यति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सिद्धिः: success/attainment
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-अर्थे एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद-रूपे

• दर्शन: vision/sight
• दर्शन: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• उद्भवा: arising from (my) दर्शन
• उद्भवा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक) + टाप् (स्त्रीप्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (X-उद्भव = arising from X); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सिद्धिः’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Devī (the Goddess associated with the Pādukās)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee worships a pair of divine sandals on a pedestal with lamps and flowers; a subtle theophany—radiance or a visionary form—arises as the fruit of śāstra-guided devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Pādukā (divine sandals)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion aligned with śāstra (right method) makes worship fruitful, culminating in transformative divine darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Mount Abu) in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa context, through the māhātmya of the sacred pādukās.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pādukā-pūjā performed with bhakti and according to śāstric procedure.