Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

शतपत्रिकया पूजा पौषे मासि रवेः स्मृता । सहजं धूपमादिष्टं नैवेद्ये शुष्कली तथा

Transliteration

śatapatrikayā pūjā pauṣe māsi raveḥ smṛtā | sahajaṃ dhūpamādiṣṭaṃ naivedye śuṣkalī tathā

Translation

പൗഷമാസത്തിൽ രവിദേവനെ ശതപത്രിക (ശതദള പുഷ്പം)കൊണ്ട് പൂജിക്കണമെന്ന് വിധിയുണ്ട്. സ്വാഭാവിക ധൂപം നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; നൈവേദ്യമായി ശുഷ്കലിയും അർപ്പിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• śatapatrikayā: with a śatapatrikā (hundred-petalled flower)
• śatapatrikayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatapatrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• pūjā: worship
• pūjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• pauṣe: in (the month) Pauṣa
• pauṣe: Adhikarana (Location/Time-अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pauṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (used adjectivally)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• raveḥ: of the Sun
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• smṛtā: is remembered/said (to be)
• smṛtā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle agreeing with ‘pūjā’

• sahajam: natural
• sahajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (qualifying dhūpam)

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• ādiṣṭam: is prescribed/ordained
• ādiṣṭam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√diś (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Past passive participle (predicate to dhūpam)

• naivedye: in the offering (naivedya)
• naivedye: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• śuṣkalī: śuṣkalī (a dry cake/sweet)
• śuṣkalī: Karta (Item stated/कर्ता-रूपेण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuṣkalī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (item of offering)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपपद (also/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā in winter (Pauṣa): a low altar with a Sūrya-maṇḍala or small icon, a garland/flower with many petals, thin curls of natural incense smoke, and a plate of śuṣkalī offered as naivedya; early morning light slants across the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi
• Pauṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing and right offerings—aligned with sacred months—strengthen vrata and yield purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on Pauṣa-month worship items; the tīrtha setting is broader than this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Pauṣa: worship Ravi with śatapatrikā, offer natural incense, and present śuṣkalī as naivedya.