Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

संपूज्य देवं भक्त्या च शिवलोकमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

saṃpūjya devaṃ bhaktyā ca śivalokamavāpnuyāt

Translation

そして主を信愛をもって正しく供養すれば、シヴァの世界（シヴァローカ）に到達する。

Word by Word

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन क्रियाविशेषणम्; धातु: पूज्, उपसर्ग: सम्; अर्थः: having worshipped

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य लोकः)

• अवाप्नुयात्: may attain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: आप्, उपसर्ग: अव

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee performs full worship before the liṅga—abhisheka, lamps, bilva; the sanctum glows; a visionary hint of Śivaloka (Kailāsa-like radiance) appears above.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied as the Lord worshipped)
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotionally performed worship (bhakti-yukta pūjā) is presented as a direct path to the highest auspicious destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

By immediate context, the worship refers to Jāleśvara at Jāla-tīrtha in Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā—formal worship of the deity with devotion.