Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यैः पूज्यते जगन्नाथः प्रत्यहं भाव संयुतैः । सदा नेत्रैरनिमिषैर्वीक्ष्यते च जनार्दनः

Transliteration

yaiḥ pūjyate jagannāthaḥ pratyahaṃ bhāva saṃyutaiḥ | sadā netrairanimiṣairvīkṣyate ca janārdanaḥ

Translation

ഭക്തിഭാവസമ്പന്നരായി പ്രതിദിനം ജഗന്നാഥനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവർ, ജനാർദനനെ സദാ ഇമചിമ്മാത്ത കണ്ണുകളാൽ ദർശിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yaiḥ: by whom
• yaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masc./Neut., Instrumental, Plural (relative pronoun: by whom)

• pūjyate: is worshipped
• pūjyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• jagat-nāthaḥ: Lord of the world
• jagat-nāthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः)

• prati-aham: daily
• prati-aham: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय) + ahan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-अव्यय (adverb: each day)

• bhāva-saṃyutaiḥ: with devotion/feeling
• bhāva-saṃyutaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘संयुत’; तत्पुरुष (भावेन संयुतैः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always)

• netraiḥ: with eyes
• netraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• animiṣaiḥ: unblinking
• animiṣaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: animiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masc./Neut., Instrumental, Plural (agreeing with netraiḥ)

• vīkṣyate: is beheld/seen
• vīkṣyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Śrī Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (Jagannātha/Janārdana worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees perform daily worship before Jagannātha/Janārdana; their gaze is steady and unblinking, suggesting continuous inner darśana; lamps glow and tulasī garlands frame the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily worship performed with heartfelt bhāva culminates in constant divine presence and ‘seeing’ the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Rathāṅga/Cakra-tīrtha context within the Dvārakā sacred landscape, centered on Viṣṇu’s worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyaha-pūjā—daily worship of Jagannātha with devotion.