Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

शतपुष्पैः शुभैः पुष्पैरर्चितं ह्यमराधिपः । प्रणम्य च महाभक्त्या तुष्टुवु स्तं सुरास्ततः

Transliteration

śatapuṣpaiḥ śubhaiḥ puṣpairarcitaṃ hyamarādhipaḥ | praṇamya ca mahābhaktyā tuṣṭuvu staṃ surāstataḥ

Translation

Le Seigneur des immortels l’adora avec cent fleurs de bon augure. Puis les dieux, s’inclinant avec une grande dévotion, le célébrèrent.

Word by Word

• शतपुष्पैः: with a hundred flowers
• शतपुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (Neuter Instrumental Plural; ‘with hundred flowers’)

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Neuter Instrumental Plural; adjective)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (Neuter Instrumental Plural)

• अर्चितम्: worshipped
• अर्चितम्: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Past passive participle; Neuter Nom/Acc Singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अमराधिपः: the lord of the gods
• अमराधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Masculine Nominative Singular; ‘lord of the immortals’)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) → प्रणम्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund); क्रियाविशेषण (absolutive; adverbial)

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

• महाभक्त्या: with great devotion
• महाभक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (Feminine Instrumental Singular; ‘with great devotion’)

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → तुष्टुवुः
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine Accusative Singular; pronoun)

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine Nominative Plural)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thereafter/from there)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods offer a hundred auspicious flowers to the deity; after worship they bow deeply with great devotion and begin a formal hymn of praise.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Amarādhipa)
• Devas
• Gaṇeśa (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the highest gods honor Gaṇeśa with devotion; sincere worship and praise are themselves purifying and auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights worship practice rather than a named tīrtha; the setting remains Dharmāraṇya’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Puṣpārcana with a hundred auspicious flowers, followed by praṇāma and stuti.