Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ऋषितोयाजले स्नात्वा चण्डीशं यः प्रपूजयेत् । स प्रचण्डो भवेद्भूमौ भुवनानामधीश्वरः

Transliteration

ṛṣitoyājale snātvā caṇḍīśaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet | sa pracaṇḍo bhavedbhūmau bhuvanānāmadhīśvaraḥ

Translation

‘ഋഷിതോയ’ എന്ന പുണ്യജലത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ഭക്തിയോടെ ചണ്ഡീശനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ അതിപ്രചണ്ഡനായി, ഭുവനങ്ങളുടെ അധീശ്വരത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ṛṣi-toya-jale: in the water (pool) of the sages
• ṛṣi-toya-jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi+toya+jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ऋषिणा/ऋषिभिः तोयम्; तस्य जलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: स्ना (to bathe)

• caṇḍīśam: Caṇḍīśa
• caṇḍīśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: प्र+पूज् (to worship)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• pracaṇḍaḥ: very mighty/fierce
• pracaṇḍaḥ: Karta (Predicate attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pracaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective of 'सः'

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: भू (to become)

• bhūmau: on earth
• bhūmau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bhuvanānām: of the worlds
• bhuvanānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• adhīśvaraḥ: overlord
• adhīśvaraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhi+īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अधि ईश्वरः = overlord); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitoya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim bathes in the clear Ṛṣitoya waters, then approaches the Caṇḍīśa shrine with folded hands and offerings; a subtle aura of sovereignty surrounds him.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣitoya (sacred water/tīrtha)
• Caṇḍīśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snān followed by sincere worship of a Śaiva deity is praised as a direct path to strength, status, and auspicious worldly leadership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred water/tīrtha called Ṛṣitoya within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with worship of Caṇḍīśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe in Ṛṣitoya (snāna) and then perform devoted worship (pūjā) of Caṇḍīśa.