Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

श्रीकरोऽपि महातेजा उपदिष्टो हनूमता । ब्राह्मणैः सह धर्मज्ञैश्चक्रे शम्भोः समर्हणम्

Transliteration

śrīkaro'pi mahātejā upadiṣṭo hanūmatā | brāhmaṇaiḥ saha dharmajñaiścakre śambhoḥ samarhaṇam

Translation

മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള ശ്രീകരനും ഹനുമാനിൽ നിന്ന് ഉപദേശം ലഭിച്ച്, ധർമ്മജ്ഞരായ ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാരോടൊപ്പം ശംഭുവിനെ യഥാവിധി ആരാധിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• śrīkaraḥ: Śrīkara
• śrīkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• mahātejāḥ: of great splendor
• mahātejāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् तेजः यस्य) विशेषण

• upadiṣṭaḥ: instructed
• upadiṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: diś (धातु) उप-उपसर्ग + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• hanūmatā: by Hanumān
• hanūmatā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanumat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: with Brahmins
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• dharmajñaiḥ: with those who know dharma
• dharmajñaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (dharmasya jñāḥ) विशेषण

• cakre: performed/did
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• samarhaṇam: proper worship/honoring
• samarhaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam + arhaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrīkara, radiant, stands before a Śiva-liṅga with offerings; dharma-knowing Brahmins chant Vedic/hymnic recitations as the worship is performed with due honor.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śrīkara
• Hanūmān
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right guidance (upadeśa) culminates in right worship—devotion practiced with dharmic support bears fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; the emphasis is on proper Śiva worship with dharma-knowing Brahmins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva worship (Śambhu-samarhaṇa) is enjoined in principle—worship performed properly and in a dharmic manner.