Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पूजयामास देवेशि भक्त्या परमया युतः । रत्नैर्बहुविधैर्वस्त्रैर्गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

pūjayāmāsa deveśi bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ | ratnairbahuvidhairvastrairgandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവേശി! പരമഭക്തിയോടെ യുക്തനായ അവൻ നാനാവിധ രത്നങ്ങൾ, വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, സുഗന്ധങ്ങൾ, പുഷ്പങ്ങൾ, അനുലേപനങ്ങൾ എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് പ്രഭുവിനെ പൂജിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• देवेशि: O Lord of gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānām īśaḥ)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of bhaktyā)

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle: endowed), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of implied subject)

• रत्नैः: with jewels
• रत्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• बहुविधैः: of many kinds
• बहुविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of ratnaiḥ/vastraiḥ etc.)

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• गन्ध-पुष्प-अनुलेपनैः: with perfumes, flowers, and unguents
• गन्ध-पुष्प-अनुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (gandhāni ca puṣpāṇi ca anulepanāni ca)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara/Somanātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the temple courtyard/sanctum, the worshipper offers heaps of flowers, fragrant pastes, garments, and jewels before the Somēśvara liṅga; lamps glow and priests/attendants arrange offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Deveśī)
• Somēśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through respectful worship—offering one’s best with purity of heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somēśvara of Prabhāsakṣetra, praised through the act of worship performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with upacāras: jewels, clothes, scents, flowers, and anointing pastes.