Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या कोटीश्वरमनामयम् । स कोटिमन्त्रजाप्यस्य फलं प्राप्स्यति मानवः

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā koṭīśvaramanāmayam | sa koṭimantrajāpyasya phalaṃ prāpsyati mānavaḥ

Translation

ಯಾರು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನಿರಾಮಯನಾದ ಕೋಟೀಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಆ ಮಾನವನು ಕೋಟಿ ಮಂತ್ರಜಪದ ಫಲವನ್ನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tam: that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (liṅgam इत्यर्थे)

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• koṭīśvaram: Koṭīśvara
• koṭīśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; नाम (proper name)

• anāmayam: free from disease/blemish
• anāmayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an- (नञ्) + āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (koṭīśvaram इति)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• koṭi-mantra-jāpyasya: of crore-mantra-recitation
• koṭi-mantra-jāpyasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + jāpya (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• prāpsyati: will obtain
• prāpsyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• mānavaḥ: a man/human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers bilva leaves and water to the Koṭīśvara liṅga; behind, faint imagery of countless mantra syllables or a halo of script to symbolize koṭi-japa fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (bhakti) at a sacred tirtha can equal vast ascetic effort, showing the power of sincere pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being praised within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-based pūjā of Koṭīśvara, whose fruit is said to equal the merit of ten million mantra-repetitions (japa).