Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पूजाविधानं विस्तीर्य तन्मे निगदतः शृणु । आसीदस्मिन्कृते देवि सर्व ज्ञानविशारदः

Transliteration

pūjāvidhānaṃ vistīrya tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu | āsīdasminkṛte devi sarva jñānaviśāradaḥ

Translation

Écoute tandis que j’expose en détail la règle du culte. En cet âge de Kṛta, ô Devī, vivait un être versé en toute forme de connaissance.

Word by Word

• पूजाविधानम्: the procedure of worship
• पूजाविधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पूजायाः विधानम्)

• विस्तीर्य: having elaborated
• विस्तीर्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + स्तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having expanded/expounded’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (here: ‘to me/for me’ sense)

• निगदतः: of (me) speaking/telling
• निगदतः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + गद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of (me) who is telling’

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• आसीत्: there was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• कृते: in the Kṛta (age)
• कृते: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘कृतयुगे’ इत्यर्थे (in the Kṛta age)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• सर्वः: all, wholly
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ज्ञानविशारदः: skilled in knowledge
• ज्ञानविशारदः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्ञाने विशारदः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context for Siddheśvara/Jaigīṣavyeśvara narrative)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva promises Devī an expanded explanation of worship procedure; the scene shifts from mere naming to instructional mode, foreshadowing a sage’s exemplary life in Kṛta-yuga.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛta-yuga
• Devī
• pūjā-vidhāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya includes both story and practice—right worship method (vidhi) supports right spiritual result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the context for the worship procedure being explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva announces he will expand and teach the pūjā-vidhāna (worship procedure).