Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पूजितं तद्विधानेन तेन तत्पुष्करेश्वरम् । ख्यातं तत्र वरारोहे सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

pūjitaṃ tadvidhānena tena tatpuṣkareśvaram | khyātaṃ tatra varārohe sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

Vénéré par lui selon le rite prescrit, ce (liṅga) devint célèbre en ce lieu sous le nom de «Puṣkareśvara», ô toi aux belles hanches, destructeur de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• pūjitam: worshipped, honored
• pūjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle (PPP)

• tadvidhānena: by that prescribed procedure
• tadvidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य विधानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• tatpuṣkareśvaram: that Puṣkareśvara (lord of Puṣkara)
• tatpuṣkareśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत्-सम्बद्धः पुष्करेश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative

• khyātam: is renowned/known
• khyātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• varārohe: O fair-hipped one
• varārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरः आरोहः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga is shown receiving orderly worship (vidhāna): water, sandal, flowers, lamps; a subtle visual metaphor of sins dissolving (dark smoke dispersing) around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkareśvara
• Sanatkumāra
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual performed with correct vidhi and faith transforms a place into a renowned tīrtha that purifies karmic faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkareśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, praised as ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’ (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship ‘according to prescribed rite’ (tadvidhānena)—i.e., following proper pūjā procedure.