Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

जपहोमार्चनध्यानदानब्राह्मणभोजनम् । महापूजा च सा नूनं मम प्रीत्यै भविष्यति

Transliteration

japahomārcanadhyānadānabrāhmaṇabhojanam | mahāpūjā ca sā nūnaṃ mama prītyai bhaviṣyati

Translation

ജപം, ഹോമം, അർച്ചനം, ധ്യാനം, ദാനം, ബ്രാഹ്മണഭോജനം—ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള മഹാപൂജ നിശ്ചയമായും എന്റെ പ്രീതിക്ക് കാരണമാകും।

Word by Word

• जपहोमार्चनध्यानदानब्राह्मणभोजनम्: japa, homa, worship, meditation, gifts, and feeding of Brahmins (as a set)
• जपहोमार्चनध्यानदानब्राह्मणभोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa-homa-arcana-dhyāna-dāna-brāhmaṇa-bhojana (प्रातिपदिक); जप + होम + अर्चन + ध्यान + दान + ब्राह्मण + भोजन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative)

• महापूजा: great worship
• महापूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-pūjā (प्रातिपदिक); mahā (महा) + pūjā (पूजा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सा: that
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संकेतार्थक

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रीत्यै: for (my) pleasure/satisfaction
• प्रीत्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (साधारणभविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candreśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A full ritual tableau: devotees chanting japa, a small homa fire, liṅga adorned for arcana, a meditator seated nearby, gifts being given, and Brāhmaṇas being respectfully fed—presented as ‘mahāpūjā’ pleasing to Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integrated practice—mantra, worship, contemplation, and charity—constitutes complete devotion that pleases Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Candreśvara-liṅga worship context within Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘mahāpūjā’ including japa, homa, arcana, dhyāna, dāna, and brāhmaṇa-bhojana.