Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 139

Devanagari script

सम्यक्प्रपूजनं कृत्वा नानारत्नपरिच्छदम् । पञ्चोपचारसंयुक्तं चैकादस्यन्वितं तथा

Transliteration

samyakprapūjanaṃ kṛtvā nānāratnaparicchadam | pañcopacārasaṃyuktaṃ caikādasyanvitaṃ tathā

Translation

Après avoir accompli le culte comme il se doit, avec une profusion de joyaux et d’objets rituels, pourvu des cinq offrandes (pañcopacāra), il observa aussi dûment la sainte observance d’Ekādaśī.

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), manner

• प्रपूजनम्: worship
• प्रपूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कृत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), “having done”

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), distributive “various” used as compound member

• रत्न: jewel
• रत्न: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• परिच्छदम्: paraphernalia/offerings
• परिच्छदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (in context: “equipment/offerings/accoutrements”)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (numeral), compound member

• उपचार: services/offerings
• उपचार: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• संयुक्तम्: endowed/combined (with)
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘परिच्छदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या (numeral), compound member

• अन्वितम्: accompanied (by)
• अन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) used adjectivally, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘परिच्छदम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; “accompanied by”

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), “thus/also”

Speaker

Narrator (within Sūta’s narration to the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāreśvara temple)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A richly arranged Śiva-pūjā: jewels and ritual articles laid out; the five offerings presented in order; the worshipper marked by ekādaśī discipline and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied as worshiped deity)
• Nandin (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes powerful when worship is done correctly—complete in offerings and aligned with vrata-discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Śiva shrine setting where proper pūjā is portrayed as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcopacāra-pūjā (fivefold ritual services) and Ekādaśī observance alongside Śiva worship.