Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

चित्रादित्यं तु संपूज्य शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

citrādityaṃ tu saṃpūjya śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

En vénérant dignement Citrāditya, on est honoré et élevé dans le monde de Śiva.

Word by Word

• चित्रादित्यम्: Citrāditya
• चित्रादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रादित्य (प्रातिपदिक; चित्र + आदित्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात—विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having worshipped)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: is honored)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāditya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sun-deity (Citrāditya) icon or solar disc shrine at Prabhāsa; devotees offer arghya as sunrays fall, while a subtle Śiva-loka symbolism (trident/Śiva aura) appears in the background to show the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāditya
• Śivaloka
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) to a sanctified deity-form leads to exalted posthumous honor in Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrāditya—understood as a revered deity/shrine referenced in the Prabhāsakṣetra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃpūjā—proper worship of Citrāditya.