Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

गुरुणा चोक्तमार्गेण मातॄणां पूजनं कृतम् । नानोपहारैर्विविधैः प्रतिष्ठाविधिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

guruṇā coktamārgeṇa mātṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ kṛtam | nānopahārairvividhaiḥ pratiṣṭhāvidhipūrvakam

Translation

Siguiendo el camino enseñado por el maestro, se realizó la adoración de las Madres (Mātṛkās), con variadas ofrendas, conforme a los debidos ritos de instalación y consagración.

Word by Word

• गुरुणा: by the teacher
• गुरुणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• उक्तमार्गेण: by the prescribed method/path
• उक्तमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त, √वच्) + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः— ‘उक्तः मार्गः’ (the prescribed path)

• मातॄणाम्: of the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• मातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कृतम्: was performed/done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः — ‘was done’

• नानोपहारैः: with various offerings
• नानोपहारैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः— ‘नानाविधाः उपहाराः’

• विविधैः: diverse
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘उपहारैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रतिष्ठाविधिपूर्वकम्: preceded by the consecration rite
• प्रतिष्ठाविधिपूर्वकम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा + विधि + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणवत् नपुंसक-एकवचन-रूपेण) — ‘प्रतिष्ठा-विधि-पूर्वक’ = consecration-rite as prior; तृतीय-तत्पुरुष-भावः (पूर्वक = with/preceded by)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Harikṣetra (Mātṛkā-sthāna within)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration pavilion: priests arrange offerings; Rāma participates reverently as the Mātṛkās are worshipped with varied upacāras, following the guru’s indicated procedure and installation rites.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Guru (teacher)
• Mātṛs / Mātṛkās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power is safeguarded by lineage and method—worship is most fruitful when done as taught by a competent guru.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Dharmāraṇya/Harikṣetra setting, emphasizing its suitability for consecration and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mātṛkā-pūjā performed with varied offerings, explicitly joined to pratiṣṭhā-vidhi (installation/consecration procedure).