Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तुष्यामि साधनैर्नान्यैर्मत्कथाकथनैरपि । यथा संपूज्य मामत्र मम प्रीतिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

tuṣyāmi sādhanairnānyairmatkathākathanairapi | yathā saṃpūjya māmatra mama prītirbhaviṣyati

Translation

ഞാൻ മറ്റു ഉപായങ്ങളാൽ—എന്റെ കഥകൾ പറയുന്നതാലും—അത്ര തൃപ്തനാകുന്നില്ല; ഇവിടെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം എന്നെ സമ്യക് പൂജിക്കുമ്പോഴാണ് എന്റെ പ്രീതി ഉദിക്കുക.

Word by Word

• तुष्यामि: I am pleased
• तुष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; धातुः: तुष् (to be pleased)

• साधनैः: by means/rites
• साधनैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (not)

• अन्यैः: by other (means)
• अन्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (other)

• मत्कथाकथनैः: by narrations of my stories
• मत्कथाकथनैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी) + कथा + कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम कथानां कथनानि)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-निपातः (also/even)

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उद्देश्यबोधक-अव्ययम् (so that/as)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped well
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावः (gerund/absolutive), धातुः: पूज् (to worship), उपसर्गः: सम्; अर्थः: having duly worshipped

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: here)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• प्रीतिः: pleasure, satisfaction
• प्रीतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; धातुः: भू (to be)

Speaker

Keśava (Śrī Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni interlocutor in Dvārakāmāhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a coastal temple, the deity declares that formal worship here pleases him most; priests arrange lamps and flowers while devotees listen, emphasizing sanctity of place and ritual precision.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Dvārakā (implied by atra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place-based worship (tīrtha-pūjā) is presented as a powerful form of bhakti that quickly draws divine pleasure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, indicated by “atra” within the Dvārakā Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Saṃpūjā—proper, complete worship of the Lord at the sacred place.