Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । अथ पूजाविधानं ते कथयामि यशस्विनि । वेदमार्गेण दिव्येन ब्राह्मणानां हिताय वै

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | atha pūjāvidhānaṃ te kathayāmi yaśasvini | vedamārgeṇa divyena brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya vai

Translation

Īśvara dit : À présent je t’exposerai la règle du culte, ô illustre ; selon la voie védique divine, assurément pour le bien des brāhmaṇas.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: Discourse marker (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/आरम्भक-निपात (then/now)

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

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• कथयामि: I tell; I explain
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु) णिच् (causative) → कथय (धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• यशस्विनि: O glorious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वेदमार्गेण: by the Vedic path
• वेदमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vedasya mārgaḥ)

• दिव्येन: divine
• दिव्येन: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; वेदमार्गेण इति सह विशेषण

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• हिताय: for the benefit
• हिताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (हितम्), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (pūjā-vidhāna segment)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yashasvinī (illustrious one; the interlocutor addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara as a teaching presence (either Śiva-like or a divine instructor) addressing an illustrious listener; behind them, a ritual pavilion at Prabhāsa with arranged offerings, indicating transition from snāna to pūjā-vidhi.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Veda
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is to be aligned with Vedic discipline, presented as a sacred, socially sustaining path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, situating the Vedic worship-method within Prabhāsa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Introduction to a Veda-mārga pūjā-vidhāna (Vedic-mode worship procedure).