Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रासादं देवदेवस्य संविधाय कपर्दिनः । अव्यग्रं पूजयामास पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

prāsādaṃ devadevasya saṃvidhāya kapardinaḥ | avyagraṃ pūjayāmāsa puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

ദേവദേവനായ കപർദി (ശിവൻ)ക്കായി ഒരു പ്രാസാദ-മന്ദിരം ഒരുക്കി, അവൻ അവ്യഗ്രചിത്തത്തോടെ പുഷ്പം, ധൂപം, അനുലേപനം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് പൂജ ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• प्रासादम्: a temple/palace
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवानां देवः’ = ‘God of gods’

• संविधाय: having constructed/arranged
• संविधाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having arranged/constructed’

• कपर्दिनः: of Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्दिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; epithet of Śiva ‘the matted-haired one’

• अव्यग्रम्: undistractedly
• अव्यग्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adverbial accusative ‘without distraction’ (qualifying the act of worship)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘worshipped’

• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + धूप + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः ‘पुष्पैः धूपैः अनुलेपनैः’ = ‘with flowers, incense, and unguents’

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharmarāja supervises or completes a small prāsāda for Śiva; inside, a liṅga or Śiva icon is worshiped with garlands, incense smoke curling upward, and attendants offering sandal paste; Dharmarāja’s face shows concentrated devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Devadeva, Kapardin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused, attentive worship (avyagra pūjā) is praised as a powerful means to gain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is within a tīrtha/kṣetra setting, but the site name is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva pūjā with upacāras: puṣpa (flowers), dhūpa (incense), and anulepana (unguents/pastes).