Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यतवाङ्निश्चलमनाः पूजां कृत्वा यथोचिताम् । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वाथ शिवं सम्यक्प्रसादयत्

Transliteration

yatavāṅniścalamanāḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathocitām | brāhmaṇānbhojayitvātha śivaṃ samyakprasādayat

Translation

വാക്ക് നിയന്ത്രിച്ച് മനസ്സ് സ്ഥിരമാക്കി യഥോചിതമായ പൂജ നിർവഹിക്കണം; തുടർന്ന് ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ ഭോജനിപ്പിച്ച് ശിവനെ സമ്യകമായി പ്രസന്നനാക്കണം.

Word by Word

• यतवाक्: restrained in speech
• यतवाक्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत-वाक् (प्रातिपदिक; यत + वाक्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (यतवाक् = संयतवाणी)

• निश्चलमनाः: steady-minded
• निश्चलमनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक; निश्चल + मनस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मनस्-शब्द (अस्मदादि-प्रकार), विशेषण

• पूजाम्: worship, pūjā
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• यथोचिताम्: as is proper
• यथोचिताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा-उचित (प्रातिपदिक; यथा + उचित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पूजाम् इति विशेषण; यथा (अव्यय) + उचित (विशेषण)

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• भोजयित्वा: having fed
• भोजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भुज् (धातु) णिच् (causative) + त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (causative gerund)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रसादयत्: (he/she) pleased
• प्रसादयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सद् (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After completing Śiva-pūjā, the devotee respectfully serves a seated brāhmaṇa with food and water, while the shrine remains adorned.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual correctness joined with self-control and generosity completes devotion and brings divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific place is named; the focus is on dharma-practice (pūjā plus brāhmaṇa-feeding).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform yathocita pūjā with self-restraint, then do brāhmaṇa-bhojana to please Śiva.