Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सप्तमे सोमवारे तु दन्तकाष्ठं च मल्लिका । सर्वज्ञं पूजयेत्तत्र दीप्तया सहितं तथा

Transliteration

saptame somavāre tu dantakāṣṭhaṃ ca mallikā | sarvajñaṃ pūjayettatra dīptayā sahitaṃ tathā

Translation

ഏഴാം തിങ്കളാഴ്ച ദന്തകാഷ്ഠവും മല്ലിക (മുല്ല) പുഷ്പവും കൊണ്ടു അവിടെ സർവ്വജ്ഞനായ പ്രഭുവിനെ, ദീപ്താ ദേവിയോടുകൂടി, അതേവിധം പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• saptame: on the seventh (day)
• saptame: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; काल-निर्देशे

• somavāre: on Monday
• somavāre: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma-vāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य वारः)

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

• dantakāṣṭham: tooth-stick
• dantakāṣṭham: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta-kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दन्तानां काष्ठम् / दन्तार्थं काष्ठम्)

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

• mallikā: jasmine (Mallikā)
• mallikā: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mallikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; (पाठे) दन्तकाष्ठं च मल्लिका—द्वितीयार्थे अपि सम्भवः; अत्र ‘(दन्तकाष्ठं) च (मल्लिकां)’ इति कर्मद्वयम् गृहीतम्

• sarvajñam: the Omniscient (deity)
• sarvajñam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (‘सर्वं जानाति’ इति) विशेषणवत् देवतावाचकः

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देश/प्रसङ्ग-निर्देशक

• dīptayā: with Dīptā / with radiance
• dīptayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīptā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; ‘दीप्तया’ = (देवी/शक्त्या) नाम्ना वा ‘दीप्त’ इत्यर्थे

• sahitam: accompanied (with)
• sahitam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (कृदन्त; √sah)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्तः; ‘sarvajñam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्—‘सहितं’ = accompanied

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A culminating Monday worship: Sarvajña as a luminous Śiva form, Dīptā as radiant Devī beside/within the same shrine space; jasmine garlands, tooth-stick discipline symbolized by a small twig bundle; bright lamps emphasizing 'dīpti'.

Characters & Entities

• Sarvajña
• Dīptā (Devī/Śakti)
• Mallikā (jasmine)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord as omniscient is approached through purity and devotion, and Śiva is honored with His radiant Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sevenfold Monday observance is described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use tooth-stick and mallikā flowers; worship Sarvajña along with Dīptā.