Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तं पूजयेद्यत्नात्पंचम्यां च विशेषतः

Transliteration

tasmāttaṃ pūjayedyatnātpaṃcamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi il faut L’adorer avec ardeur—tout particulièrement au cinquième jour lunaire.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/ablative), एकवचन (singular)

• तम्: him/that (object)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुँलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/imperative sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• यत्नात्: with effort; diligently
• यत्नात्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/ablative), एकवचन (singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (in the sense of an adverbial ablative: 'with effort')

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (lunar day)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/locative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ananteśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator figure (Skanda) gesturing toward the shrine, while pilgrims mark pañcamī on a palm-leaf calendar; the temple stands prominent, inviting earnest worship.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcamī
• Ananteśvara (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes timely devotion: specific lunar days intensify the merit of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Ananteśvara Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A focused instruction: perform worship with special emphasis on Pañcamī.