Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या स्नानपूजादिभिः क्रमात् । मेरुदानस्य कृत्स्नस्य स लभेन्मनुजः फलम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā snānapūjādibhiḥ kramāt | merudānasya kṛtsnasya sa labhenmanujaḥ phalam

Translation

ആ ലിംഗത്തെ ഭക്തിയോടെ സ്നാനം, പൂജ മുതലായ ക്രമവിധികളാൽ ആരാധിക്കുന്നവൻ, മേരുദാനം എന്ന മഹാദാനത്തിന്റെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तम्: him/that (liṅga/deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नानपूजादिभिः: by bathing, worship, etc.
• स्नानपूजादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + पूजा + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्रमात्: in order, sequentially
• क्रमात्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb): क्रमात् = क्रमेन (in due order)

• मेरुदानस्य: of the Meru-gift (great donation)
• मेरुदानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्स्नस्य: entire, complete
• कृत्स्नस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्

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

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• मनुजः: a man, human
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Aghoreśvara context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs orderly worship: first ablution, then bathing the liṅga, offering flowers, incense, lamp, and concluding with reverent prostration; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest coastal Somnātha ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Aghoreśvara
• Meru-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ordered, devotional practice at a tīrtha can confer the merit of otherwise immense and costly sacrifices or donations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aghoreśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform snāna (ritual bathing) and pūjā (worship), along with related observances, in proper sequence.