Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

स्तुवंति पूजयंति स्म वणिजो भक्तितत्पराः । वर्षेवर्षे प्रकुर्वंति श्रीमातापूजनं शुभम्

Transliteration

stuvaṃti pūjayaṃti sma vaṇijo bhaktitatparāḥ | varṣevarṣe prakurvaṃti śrīmātāpūjanaṃ śubham

Translation

Les marchands, tout entiers voués à la bhakti, la louaient et l’honoraient. D’année en année, ils accomplissaient l’adoration bénie de Śrīmātā.

Word by Word

• स्तुवन्ति: they praise
• स्तुवन्ति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• पूजयन्ति: they worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्म: indeed/used to (marker)
• स्म: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-निपात (past-habitual marker with present forms)

• वणिजः: merchants
• वणिजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भक्ति-तत्पराः: devotionally intent, devoted
• भक्ति-तत्पराः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तत्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सप्तमी/तृतीया-भाव: ‘devoted in devotion’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वर्षे: in a year
• वर्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time-locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• वर्षे: in a year (each year)
• वर्षे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति: ‘year after year’)

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: they perform
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• श्रीमाता-पूजनम्: worship of Śrīmātā
• श्रीमाता-पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमाता (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी: ‘of Śrīmātā’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (कर्मविशेषण)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: धर्मारण्य

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Merchants gather with offerings—flowers, lamps, incense, cloth—singing hymns before Śrīmātā’s shrine; an annual festival atmosphere with banners and orderly queues.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Skanda
• Śrīmātā
• Merchants (vaṇijaḥ)
• Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude and remembrance become ritual: devotees institutionalize divine help through recurring worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where Śrīmātā’s worship becomes an established annual observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annual (yearly) pūjā and stuti of Śrīmātā, performed as an auspicious recurring rite.