Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या स्नानपूजादिभिः क्रमात् । मेरुदानस्य कृत्स्नस्य स लभेन्मनुजः फलम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā snānapūjādibhiḥ kramāt | merudānasya kṛtsnasya sa labhenmanujaḥ phalam

Translation

Quiconque vénère ce liṅga avec dévotion—accomplissant selon l’ordre le bain rituel, la pūjā et les autres rites—obtient pleinement le fruit du grand don nommé Meru-dāna.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तम्: him/that (liṅga/deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नानपूजादिभिः: by bathing, worship, etc.
• स्नानपूजादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + पूजा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्रमात्: in order, sequentially
• क्रमात्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb): क्रमात् = क्रमेन (in due order)

• मेरुदानस्य: of the Meru-gift (great donation)
• मेरुदानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्स्नस्य: entire, complete
• कृत्स्नस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• मनुजः: a man, human
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Aghoreśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs orderly worship: first ablution, then bathing the liṅga, offering flowers, incense, lamp, and concluding with reverent prostration; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest coastal Somnātha ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Aghoreśvara
• Meru-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ordered, devotional practice at a tīrtha can confer the merit of otherwise immense and costly sacrifices or donations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aghoreśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) and pūjā (worship), along with related observances, in proper sequence.