Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

पूजोपकरणद्रव्यं यो घंटा गडुकादिकम् । भक्त्या मे भवने दद्यात्स वसेदत्र मेंतिके

Transliteration

pūjopakaraṇadravyaṃ yo ghaṃṭā gaḍukādikam | bhaktyā me bhavane dadyātsa vasedatra meṃtike

Translation

Quiconque, avec dévotion, offre dans Mon temple des objets et matières de culte—tels qu’une cloche, un pot à eau et autres semblables—demeurera ici, tout près de Moi.

Word by Word

• pūjā-upakaraṇa-dravyam: materials/articles for worship implements
• pūjā-upakaraṇa-dravyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dravya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः उपकरणं तस्य द्रव्यम्)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• ghaṃṭā: a bell
• ghaṃṭā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṃṭā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• gaḍuka-ādikam: a water-pot etc.
• gaḍuka-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaḍuka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (gaḍuka-ādi = gaḍuka आदि यस्मिन्)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-अर्थे

• me: of me / my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavane: in (my) house/abode
• bhavane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vaset: should dwell
• vaset: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• me: of me / my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• antike: near (me)
• antike: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्तिकम्) / अथवा पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण; (पाठभेदः: मेंतिके = मे अन्तिके)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person ‘me bhavane… me antike’ within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (typically sages/Śaunaka-group or a principal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee respectfully presents a bell and water-pot to the temple storehouse before Viśveśvara; priests arrange the items for daily worship as the sanctum lamp glows.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viśveśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting worship through tangible temple gifts is a direct form of bhakti that brings intimacy with Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva’s abode in Kāśī—especially the Viśveśvara-centered sacred precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donating pūjā implements (ghaṇṭā, gaḍuka, etc.) to the temple as an act of devotional service.