Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । तृतीयारेवतीयोगे स योगेशपदं लभेत्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | tṛtīyārevatīyoge sa yogeśapadaṃ labhet

Translation

ആരെങ്കിലും ഭക്തിയോടെ ഗന്ധം, പുഷ്പം മുതലായവ കൊണ്ട് ക്രമമായി ആ (ലിംഗ)ത്തെ പൂജിച്ചാൽ, രേവതി-യോഗമുള്ള തൃതീയാ ദിനത്തിൽ അവൻ യോഗേശ്വരപദം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• तम्: that (liṅga)/him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (गन्ध-पुष्प-आदि); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• क्रमात्: in due order
• क्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (ablative used adverbially: in order/stepwise)

• तृतीयारेवतीयोगे: in the (auspicious) conjunction of the third (tithi) with Revatī
• तृतीयारेवतीयोगे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक) + रेवती (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तृतीयायां रेवतीयोगः/तृतीया-रेवती-योगे); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• योगेशपदम्: the status/abode of the Lord of Yoga
• योगेशपदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगेश (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (योगेशस्य पदम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Balabhadreśvara (Mahāliṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee performs orderly worship of the liṅga with sandal paste and flowers; night sky shows Moon in Revatī (Pisces region), marking the special yoga; the sanctum glows with lamps, conveying yogic serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Balabhadreśvara Liṅga
• Revatī (nakṣatra)
• Tṛtīyā (lunar day)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti joined with disciplined ritual timing (tithi–nakṣatra) is praised as a direct means to elevated yogic stature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Balabhadreśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform devotional worship with perfumes and flowers, especially on Tṛtīyā when it coincides with Revatī (Revatī-yoga).