Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

विद्यामेपिरजस्पृथ्वित्यनेन विमलां सदा । अमोघां पूजयेन्नित्यं मंत्रेणानेन सुव्रते

Transliteration

vidyāmepirajaspṛthvityanena vimalāṃ sadā | amoghāṃ pūjayennityaṃ maṃtreṇānena suvrate

Translation

‘വിദ്യാമേപീ രജഃ പൃഥ്വി…’ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് എപ്പോഴും വിമലാ ദേവിയെ പൂജിക്കണം; ഹേ സുവ്രതേ! ഇതേ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് നിത്യം അമോഘാ ദേവിയെയും പൂജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• विद्याम्: Vidya (knowledge/goddess Vidyā)
• विद्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• एपि: (mantric syllable) epi
• एपि: Vacaka (Particle/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; मन्त्रपाठ-शब्द (mantric particle/reading-variant)

• रजः: dust; rajas
• रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• पृथ्वि: earth (Pṛthvī)
• पृथ्वि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; वैदिक/मन्त्ररूप (truncated vocable)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative)

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• विमलाम्: pure; spotless
• विमलाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• अमोघाम्: unfailing; infallible
• अमोघाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• नित्यम्: daily
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सुव्रते: O good-vowed lady
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvratā addressed (“suvrate”)—a goddess or noble-vowed interlocutor in the dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two gentle goddess-forms—Vimalā (radiant, white-gold purity) and Amoghā (steady, protective, blessing gesture)—are worshipped by a vowed devotee in Prabhāsa, with offerings arranged symmetrically and mantra text indicated on a palm-leaf.

Characters & Entities

• Vimalā
• Amoghā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and steadfast daily practice invite unfailing spiritual results through Devī worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya these mantra-rituals are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily pūjā of Vimalā and Amoghā using the specified mantra-opening.