Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

धूपदीपादिनैवेद्यैः सर्वं चक्रे स वामनः । प्रदक्षिणाशतं कृत्वा भवस्याग्रे व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

dhūpadīpādinaivedyaiḥ sarvaṃ cakre sa vāmanaḥ | pradakṣiṇāśataṃ kṛtvā bhavasyāgre vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

Ce Vāmana accomplit l’adoration entière avec encens, lampes et offrandes de nourriture. Après avoir effectué cent circumambulations, il se tint devant Bhava.

Word by Word

• धूपदीपादिनैवेद्यैः: with incense, lamps, and offerings, etc.
• धूपदीपादिनैवेद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप + दीप + आदि + नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: धूप-दीप-आदि-नैवेद्य (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतर-द्वन्द्व-श्रृङ्खला); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणवाचक

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण

• चक्रे: did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वामनः: Vāmana (name/person)
• वामनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-सम्बोधन-नाम

• प्रदक्षिणाशतम्: a hundred circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणाशतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः: शतं प्रदक्षिणाः (one hundred circumambulations); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• भवस्य: of Bhava
• भवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रे (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (in front)

• व्यवस्थितः: stood/was stationed
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) 'व्यवस्था/व्यवस्थित'—स्थितः इत्यर्थे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'सः' इत्यस्य विधेयम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (Bhava-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Śiva temple: incense smoke curls upward, rows of oil lamps glow, naivedya plates are set; the devotee completes a hundred pradakṣiṇās around the sanctum and finally stands facing Bhava in still devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Dhūpa
• Dīpa
• Naivedya
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Complete worship combines offerings and embodied devotion; repeated pradakṣiṇā expresses surrender and steadiness before the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra’s Śaiva worship setting, specifically standing before Bhava (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya, and performing one hundred pradakṣiṇās before Bhava.