Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततः संपूज्य विधिना निजकार्यार्थसिद्धये । स्तुतिं चक्रे निशानाथः प्रत्यक्षीकृतशंकरः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūjya vidhinā nijakāryārthasiddhaye | stutiṃ cakre niśānāthaḥ pratyakṣīkṛtaśaṃkaraḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം തന്റെ കാര്യസിദ്ധിക്കായി വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ നടത്തി, ശങ്കരനെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമാക്കിയ നിശാനാഥൻ ചന്ദ്രൻ സ്തുതി ആരംഭിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencing/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• संपूज्य: having fully worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having duly worshipped’

• विधिना: according to the rite / properly
• विधिना: Karana (Means/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• निजकार्यार्थसिद्धये: for the accomplishment of his own purpose/work
• निजकार्यार्थसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + कार्य + अर्थ + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• स्तुतिम्: a hymn of praise
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made / composed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• निशानाथः: lord of the night (Moon)
• निशानाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• प्रत्यक्षीकृतशंकरः: who had made Śaṅkara manifest
• प्रत्यक्षीकृतशंकरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्षी-कृत + शंकर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Candra completes a meticulous worship sequence before the Prabhāsa liṅga; Śaṅkara becomes ‘visible’—a luminous presence emerging from the liṅga—while Candra begins a hymn, hands folded, eyes uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worship is performed with proper vidhi and sincere intent, divine darśana and the fruit of one’s purpose become attainable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented in the Skanda Purana as a powerful Śaiva tīrtha where Śaṅkara grants direct manifestation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing worship “according to vidhi” (prescribed rite) followed by stuti (hymnic praise).