Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्तु पूजयेद्देवं गन्धपुष्पैर्जरद्गवम् । पञ्चामृतरसेनैव तथा गुग्गु लुधूपनैः

Transliteration

tatastu pūjayeddevaṃ gandhapuṣpairjaradgavam | pañcāmṛtarasenaiva tathā guggu ludhūpanaiḥ

Translation

Then one should worship Lord Jaradgava with fragrances and flowers, with the liquid of pañcāmṛta, and also with incense such as guggulu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• तु: indeed; and/but
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• गन्धपुष्पैः: with fragrances and flowers
• गन्धपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धाश्च पुष्पाणि च)

• जरद्गवम्: Jaradgava (the deity)
• जरद्गवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरद्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; देवविशेष-नाम

• पञ्चामृतरसेन: with the liquid of pañcāmṛta
• पञ्चामृतरसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अमृत + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चामृतस्य रसः)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha/Particle (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphasis)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (thus/also)

• गुग्गुलु: guggulu resin
• गुग्गुलु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुग्गुलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (द्रव्यनाम), द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (अत्र धूप्यद्रव्यरूपेण)

• धूपनैः: with incense/fumigations
• धूपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; साधनवाचक

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jaradgaveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a small stone shrine, devotees perform pañcāmṛta abhiṣeka over the Jaradgaveśvara liṅga; flowers and sandal paste adorn the altar; thick fragrant guggulu smoke curls upward in lamplight.

Characters & Entities

• Jaradgaveśvara
• Pañcāmṛta
• Guggulu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) is presented as disciplined offering—beauty, purity, and reverence directed to Śiva at the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jaradgaveśvara (Jaradgava) shrine in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with gandha and flowers, pañcāmṛta (abhiṣeka/offer), and guggulu incense (dhūpa).