Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

इषेत्वेति च मन्त्रेण उत्तमांगं सदार्चयेत् । अग्निमीऌएति मन्त्रेण पूजयेद्दक्षिणं करम्

Transliteration

iṣetveti ca mantreṇa uttamāṃgaṃ sadārcayet | agnimīḷeti mantreṇa pūjayeddakṣiṇaṃ karam

Translation

Avec le mantra «iṣetv…», qu’on vénère sans cesse la tête de la Divinité. Avec le mantra «agnim īḷe…», qu’on vénère la main droite.

Word by Word

• इषेत्वेति: “iṣetva” (as the mantra)
• इषेत्वेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इषेत्व (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम् (quoted mantra phrase)

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

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• उत्तमाङ्गम्: the head (best limb)
• उत्तमाङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तम + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—उत्तमम् अङ्गम् (कर्मधारय)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अग्निमीळेति: “agnim īḷe” (as the mantra)
• अग्निमीळेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker context)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्निमीळे (मन्त्र-पद/उद्धृत-शब्द)
• Form: इति-समाप्ति सहितं मन्त्र-उद्धरणम्

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दक्षिणम्: right
• दक्षिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• करम्: hand
• करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest/devotee performs aṅga-pūjā to a solar icon/maṇḍala: touching/gesturing toward the head region while reciting ‘iṣetv…’, then offering to the right hand while reciting ‘agnim īḷe…’; ritual items arranged neatly on the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Bhāskara (implied as the worshipped deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pūjā becomes structured and sanctified when each limb is honored with appropriate mantra-recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Sūrya worship is detailed as a meritorious practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aṅga-pūjā: worship the head with ‘iṣetv…’ and the right hand with ‘agnim īḷe…’.