Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पूजनैः षोडशविधैर्यथा विष्णोस्तथा हरे । कुर्वाणान्भक्तिभावेन ज्ञात्वा देवान्समागतान्

Transliteration

pūjanaiḥ ṣoḍaśavidhairyathā viṣṇostathā hare | kurvāṇānbhaktibhāvena jñātvā devānsamāgatān

Translation

Reconnaissant que les dieux s’étaient assemblés, ils accomplirent le culte selon les seize modes prescrits—comme pour Viṣṇu, ainsi aussi pour Hara—avec un cœur de bhakti.

Word by Word

• पूजनैः: by worship-offerings
• पूजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• षोडशविधैः: of sixteen kinds
• षोडशविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश-विध (प्रातिपदिक; षोडश + विध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; agrees with पूजनैः; instrumental plural

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय; adverb

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय; adverb

• हरे: of Hari
• हरे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular (parallel to विष्णोः)

• कुर्वाणान्: (them) performing
• कुर्वाणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + कुर्वाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (परस्मैपद-प्रयोगे शतृ; आत्मनेपदे शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; present active participle used as object/accusative plural

• भक्तिभावेन: with a devotional attitude
• भक्तिभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति-भाव (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ति + भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); having known

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; accusative plural

• समागतान्: assembled/arrived
• समागतान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) + समागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; agrees with देवान्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand pūjā scene: devas offer sixteen upacāras in orderly sequence; on one side a Viṣṇu iconography reference, on the other a Śiva-liṅga or Śiva form—emphasizing parity of reverence; the atmosphere is devotional and ceremonial.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hara (Śiva)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion honors the divine with completeness and reverence, seeing no conflict between Hari and Hara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but it does not name the site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ṣoḍaśa-vidha (sixteenfold) pūjā—i.e., the standard complete worship sequence—performed with bhakti.