Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वात्मना राजन्वामदेवं च पूजयेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvātmanā rājanvāmadevaṃ ca pūjayet

Translation

इसलिए, हे राजन्, सम्पूर्ण मन-प्राण से वामदेव की पूजा करनी चाहिए।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अर्थे—‘तस्मात्’ = ‘अतः/तस्माद् हेतोः’ (therefore/from that reason)

• सर्वात्मना: with the whole self
• सर्वात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘सर्वात्मन्’ इति समासः (तत्पुरुषः) — ‘सर्वेण आत्मना’ = with one’s whole self

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वामदेवम्: Vāmadeva
• वामदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √पूज् = to worship

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vāmadeva (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee prostrates fully before Vāmadeva/Śiva-liṅga, offering flowers and lamp; the king is shown receiving the injunction from a sage.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes wholehearted devotion—inner sincerity is central to the fruit of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction pertains to the Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred region where Vāmadeva is to be honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Vāmadeva performed sarvātmanā—fully and sincerely.