Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

उमादेहार्द्धसंयुक्त नमस्ते सर्वमूर्तये । अनेनैव तु मंत्रेण पूजां होमं च कारयेत्

Transliteration

umādehārddhasaṃyukta namaste sarvamūrtaye | anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa pūjāṃ homaṃ ca kārayet

Translation

ഉമയുടെ അർദ്ധദേഹവുമായി ഏകീഭവിച്ചവനേ, സർവ്വമൂർത്തിയായ പ്രഭുവേ, നമസ്കാരം. ഇതേ മന്ത്രം കൊണ്ടു പൂജയും ഹോമവും രണ്ടും നടത്തണം.

Word by Word

• umā-deha-arddha-saṃyukta: O (one) united with half of Umā’s body
• umā-deha-arddha-saṃyukta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: umā (प्रातिपदिक) + deha (प्रातिपदिक) + ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु) with prefix sam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative-like nominative in address), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उमायाः देहस्य अर्धेन संयुक्तः)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Salutation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रायम्; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-एकवचनरूपम् (ते); अत्र चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) — ‘तुभ्यम्’

• sarva-mūrtaye: to the all-formed (one); to the one of all forms
• sarva-mūrtaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (सम्प्रदान), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वा मूर्तिः यस्य/सर्वमूर्तिः)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• eva: only; indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः

• maṃtreṇa: with the mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्

• homam: fire-offering
• homam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• kārayet: should have performed; should cause to be done
• kārayet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) causative √kāraya (णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnatha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A homa-kuṇḍa blazes before a Śiva liṅga; the deity is envisioned as Ardhanārīśvara—half Umā, half Śiva—radiating as ‘sarvamūrti’; devotees offer ghee and flowers in synchronized mantra-recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Ardhanārīśvara (concept)
• Somnātha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is complete as Śiva-with-Śakti; worship integrates devotion (pūjā) and offering (homa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somnātha at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the ritual prescriptions of the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

With the same mantra, perform both pūjā and homa.