Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं पितॄणां तृप्तिमावहेत् । दुर्वासेश्वरनामानं तत्र पूज्य विधानतः

Transliteration

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet | durvāseśvaranāmānaṃ tatra pūjya vidhānataḥ

Translation

Cela procure la satisfaction aux pitṛs (ancêtres) durant un plein cent de crores de kalpas. Là, Durvāseśvara—tel est son nom—doit être vénéré selon la règle prescrite.

Word by Word

• कल्पकोटिशतम्: a hundred crores of kalpas
• कल्पकोटिशतम्: Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-कोटि-शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘कल्पानां कोटिशतम्’ (a hundred crores of kalpas)

• साग्रम्: and more; exceeding
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कल्पकोटिशतम्’ इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—‘अधिकम्/समेतम्’ (with extra; exceeding)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आवहेत्: would bring; should bring
• आवहेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दुर्वासेश्वरनामानम्: (the deity) named Durvāseśvara
• दुर्वासेश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वास-ईश्वर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘दुर्वासेश्वर’ इति नाम यस्य (name ‘Durvāseśvara’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पूज्य: to be worshipped; should be worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive; to be worshipped), अव्ययप्राय-प्रयोगः; विधेय (should be worshipped)

• विधानतः: according to rule; duly
• विधानतः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय; तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāseśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small stone liṅga shrine labeled Durvāseśvara; a devotee offers bilva leaves and water while a priest recites; behind, a subtle presence of sage Durvāsas (ascetic with matted hair) as the naming-source.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Pūjā
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed worship at a consecrated liṅga-site is portrayed as having vast, time-transcending merit benefiting one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durvāseśvara (a Śiva-liṅga site) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Durvāseśvara according to proper विधि (vidhāna), framed alongside pitṛ-benefit.