Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

चित्रादित्यं तु संपूज्य शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

citrādityaṃ tu saṃpūjya śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

チトラーディティヤを正しく供養すれば、その者はシヴァの世界において尊ばれ、崇め高められる。

Word by Word

• चित्रादित्यम्: Citrāditya
• चित्रादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रादित्य (प्रातिपदिक; चित्र + आदित्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात—विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having worshipped)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s world
• शिवलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवलोक (प्रातिपदिक; शिव + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शिवस्य लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored/glorified
• महीयते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: is honored)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāditya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sun-deity (Citrāditya) icon or solar disc shrine at Prabhāsa; devotees offer arghya as sunrays fall, while a subtle Śiva-loka symbolism (trident/Śiva aura) appears in the background to show the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāditya
• Śivaloka
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) to a sanctified deity-form leads to exalted posthumous honor in Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrāditya—understood as a revered deity/shrine referenced in the Prabhāsakṣetra context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃpūjā—proper worship of Citrāditya.