Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु प्रतिष्ठाप्य महेश्वरम् । संपूजयति सद्भक्त्या स्तौति स्तोत्रैः पृथग्विधैः

Transliteration

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram | saṃpūjayati sadbhaktyā stauti stotraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ

Translation

ദിവ്യമായ ആയിരം വർഷം മഹേശ്വരനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ച്, സദ്ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിച്ചു; നാനാവിധ സ്തോത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്തുതിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• दिव्यम्: divine, splendid
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/संख्यापूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः (a thousand of years) (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचकः (particle; but/indeed)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya (Adverbial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठाप्य (कृदन्त; ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्तम् (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष), पूर्वकालक्रिया (absolutive/gerund; having स्थापित/installed)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• संपूजयति: worships fully
• संपूजयति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• सद्भक्त्या: with true devotion
• सद्भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; साध्वी/सत्-भक्तिः (with true devotion) (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• स्तौति: praises
• स्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• पृथग्विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथग्विध (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (various/different kinds) (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural; adjective qualifying स्तोत्रैः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhruveśvara / Maheśvara installation at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhruva installs a Śiva-liṅga (Maheśvara) at Prabhāsa and worships for a ‘divine thousand years’; offerings, lamps, flowers, and hymn-recitation surround the shrine; the passage of time is suggested through celestial motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Long, steady devotion—installation, worship, and praise—constitutes an ideal Purāṇic path of bhakti toward Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the implied sacred setting where Dhruva’s Śiva worship is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (establishing a Śiva form/linga), saṃpūjā (formal worship), and stotra-pāṭha (hymn recitation).