Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अविद्यामोहितेनैव शिवभक्त्या ममार्चनम् । न कृतं मत्प्रसादेन कृतं चैव भविष्यति

Transliteration

avidyāmohitenaiva śivabhaktyā mamārcanam | na kṛtaṃ matprasādena kṛtaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati

Translation

അവിദ്യാമോഹം മൂലം നീ ശിവഭക്തിയിലൂടെ എന്റെ ആരാധന ചെയ്തില്ല. എങ്കിലും എന്റെ കൃപയാൽ മുമ്പ് ചെയ്യാത്തതും ആ പൂജ നിശ്ചയമായി സമ്പന്നമാകും.

Word by Word

• अविद्यामोहितेन: by one deluded by ignorance
• अविद्यामोहितेन: Karana/Agent-instrument (Instrumental of agent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + मोहित (मुह् धातु; क्त PPP)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अविद्यया मोहितः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit agent ‘त्वया’)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• शिवभक्त्या: by devotion to Śiva
• शिवभक्त्या: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य भक्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: ल्युट् (verbal noun) ‘worship’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya/Predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘done’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मत्प्रसादेन: by my grace
• मत्प्रसादेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-समास-रूप) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• कृतम्: (it) will be done
• कृतम्: Kriya/Predicate (elliptic)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘done’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• एव: certainly
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• भविष्यति: will happen; will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord explains that ignorance prevented worship through Śiva-bhakti, but by grace the worship will be fulfilled; imagery suggests Hari-Hara concord—Śiva’s liṅga and Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa presence in one devotional field.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ignorance obstructs devotion, but divine grace can restore and complete one’s spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Dvārakā Māhātmya, where the broader context is the sanctifying power of Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcanā (worship), framed specifically as worship through śivabhakti (devotion to Śiva).