Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

शुक्रः शुशुक्वानिति च भार्गवं देवि पूजयेत् । अग्निर्मूर्द्धेति मन्त्रेण सदा मंगलमर्चयेत्

Transliteration

śukraḥ śuśukvāniti ca bhārgavaṃ devi pūjayet | agnirmūrddheti mantreṇa sadā maṃgalamarcayet

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, ‘ശുക്രഃ ശുശുക്വാൻ’ എന്ന മന്ത്രത്തോടെ ഭാർഗവനെ (ശുക്രനെ) പൂജിക്കണം. ‘അഗ്നിർമൂർധ്നി’ മന്ത്രത്തോടെ സദാ മംഗളനെ (കുജനെ) അർച്ചിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• शुक्रः: Śukra (Venus)
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शुशुक्वान्: “śuśukvān” (mantra word)
• शुशुक्वान्: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √श्वि/शुशुक् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle-like), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; मन्त्र-शब्दरूपेण (as a mantra-word)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (thus)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• भार्गवम्: Bhārgava (Śukra)
• भार्गवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शुक्रस्य नाम (epithet of Śukra)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अग्निः: “Agni” (in the mantra)
• अग्निः: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मन्त्र-उद्धरणे प्रयुक्तम्

• मूर्द्धा: “head/crown” (in the mantra)
• मूर्द्धा: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation element/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मन्त्र-उद्धरणे (as in mantra phrase)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न (thus)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• मंगलम्: Maṅgala (Mars)
• मंगलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंगल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ग्रह-नाम (Mars)

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest in Prabhāsa performs navagraha-arcana: Śukra (bright, white-garlanded) and Maṅgala (red, spear-like aura) are invoked with Vedic mantras near a coastal Somnātha shrine setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra (Bhārgava/Venus)
• Agni
• Maṅgala (Mars)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is maintained through steady reverence—balancing benefic and fierce forces (Śukra and Maṅgala) supports dharmic prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region), where such continual worship is recommended for spiritual and worldly well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Śukra with the specified mantra-phrase and worship Maṅgala with the ‘agnir mūrdhni’ mantra.