Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गंषपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । यात्रा कृता भवेत्तेन पौष्करी नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṃṣapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | yātrā kṛtā bhavettena pauṣkarī nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Whoever worships Him with devotion—step by step, with fragrant flowers and other offerings—by that person the Puṣkarī pilgrimage is truly accomplished; of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

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

• tam: him/that (deity)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• gaṃṣapuṣpādibhiḥ: with gaṃṣa-flowers and the like
• gaṃṣapuṣpādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṃṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गंषपुष्पाणि आदयः येषु तैः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• kramāt: in due order, successively
• kramāt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभम्; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (ablatival adverb)

• yātrā: pilgrimage
• yātrā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• kṛtā: done, performed
• kṛtā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; PPP agreeing with yātrā

• bhavet: would be/is deemed to be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगसदृशः (optative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tena: by him/for him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• pauṣkarī: pertaining to Puṣkara
• pauṣkarī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pauṣkarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; adjective agreeing with yātrā

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs sequential offerings—fragrant flowers, incense, lamp—before Puṣkareśvara; behind, a faint visionary overlay shows distant Puṣkara tīrtha, indicating ‘yātrā accomplished’.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkareśvara
• Puṣkarī yātrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā is fulfilled not merely by travel but by devotional worship (bhakti) expressed through offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkareśvara and the associated Puṣkarī pilgrimage in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with flowers and related offerings, performed in proper sequence (kramāt).