Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

केचित्स्तुतिं प्रकुर्वन्ति भावयज्ञैस्तथा परे । केचित्पूजां च कुर्वन्ति अहिंसाकुसुमैः शुभैः

Transliteration

kecitstutiṃ prakurvanti bhāvayajñaistathā pare | kecitpūjāṃ ca kurvanti ahiṃsākusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

Certains offrent des hymnes de louange; d’autres accomplissent le culte comme un yajña intérieur de dévotion. D’autres encore adorent avec d’auspicieuses « fleurs d’ahiṃsā » : des actes purs nés de l’innocuité.

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क-चिद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• स्तुतिम्: praise, hymn
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वन्ति: perform, do
• प्रकुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• भावयज्ञैः: with mental/inner sacrifices
• भावयज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; भाव + यज्ञ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भावस्य यज्ञाः)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• परे: others
• परे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• केचित्: some (people)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क-चिद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• कुर्वन्ति: do, perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अहिंसाकुसुमैः: with flowers of non-violence
• अहिंसाकुसुमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसा-कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक; अहिंसा + कुसुम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अहिंसायाः कुसुमानि)

• शुभैः: auspicious, good
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying अहिंसाकुसुमैः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Groups of devotees sing hymns; others sit with closed eyes offering an inner ‘bhāva-yajña’; a gentle scene shows worshippers presenting symbolic ‘flowers’ labeled as compassion and non-violence, emphasizing moral radiance over material display.

Characters & Entities

• stuti
• bhāva-yajña
• ahiṃsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship includes inner offering (bhāva) and ethical purity—especially ahiṃsā—presented as the finest ‘flowers’ for the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where both external worship and inner devotion flourish.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymns), bhāva-yajña (devotional inner sacrifice), and pūjā using ‘ahiṃsā-kusuma’—worship grounded in non-violence.