Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ओदनैः कृशरापूपैः पूजयेत्सुसमाहितः । स्तुतिपाठेन तत्रैव शक्तिस्तोत्रैर्मनोहरैः

Transliteration

odanaiḥ kṛśarāpūpaiḥ pūjayetsusamāhitaḥ | stutipāṭhena tatraiva śaktistotrairmanoharaiḥ

Translation

സുസമാഹിതമായ മനസ്സോടെ ഓദനം, കൃശരാ, പൂപം മുതലായവകൊണ്ട് പൂജിക്കണം; പിന്നെ അവിടെയേ തന്നെ സ്തുതിപാഠമായി മനോഹരമായ ശക്തി-സ്തോത്രങ്ങൾ പാരായണം ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• ओदनैः: with boiled rice
• ओदनैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• कृशरापूपैः: with kṛśarā and cakes (pūpa)
• कृशरापूपैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशरा (प्रातिपदिक) + पूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सु-समाहितः: well-composed/attentive
• सु-समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + समाहित (कृदन्त, √धा with सम्-आ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of the worshipper)

• स्तुतिपाठेन: by recitation of hymns
• स्तुतिपाठेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक) + पाठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• शक्तिस्तोत्रैः: with hymns to Śakti
• शक्तिस्तोत्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• मनोहरैः: charming/delightful
• मनोहरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (prescriptive narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated before Devī with offerings of rice, kṛśarā, and cakes; hands in añjali holding a palm-leaf manuscript; the air filled with lamp light as Śakti-stotras are recited.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer worship (offerings) should be joined to inner worship—steady attention and stotra-recitation dedicated to Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya remains the implied sacred setting; the verse emphasizes the worship-act rather than a new location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer odana, kṛśarā, and pūpa, and perform stuti-pāṭha by reciting Śakti-stotras with concentrated mind.