Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा वरारोहे ह्यभिन्नेनान्तरात्मना । ब्रह्माणं केशवं रुद्रमेकरूपेण पूज येत्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā varārohe hyabhinnenāntarātmanā | brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ rudramekarūpeṇa pūja yet

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ, ഇങ്ങനെ അറിഞ്ഞ്, അന്തരാത്മാവിനെ അവിഭിന്നമായി ഗ്രഹിച്ച്, ബ്രഹ്മാവിനെയും കേശവനെയും രുദ്രനെയും ഒരേ രൂപമായി പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having known’

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): emphasis/indeed

• अभिन्नेन: with the undivided
• अभिन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्तरात्मना)

• अन्तरात्मना: by the inner Self
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अन्तरः आत्मा)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• एकरूपेण: as one form; in a unified manner
• एकरूपेण: Karana (Manner/प्रकार-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; साधन/प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from continuity and the instruction to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is instructed that, knowing the non-dual inner Self, one should worship Brahmā, Keśava, and Rudra as one unified form—an iconographic fusion or a single altar receiving triadic names.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devī
• Antarātman (Inner Self)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is grounded in non-dual awareness, honoring the Trideva as one Reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where unified worship and non-sectarian devotion are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A worship guideline is given: perform pūjā to Brahmā, Viṣṇu (Keśava), and Rudra as one single form, with an undivided inner awareness.