Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यस्तमर्चयते भक्त्या सम्यक्पूजाविधानतः । स योगसिद्धिमाप्नोति मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

yastamarcayate bhaktyā samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ | sa yogasiddhimāpnoti modate divi devavat

Translation

ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജാവിധിപ്രകാരം അവനെ സമ്യകായി അർച്ചിക്കുന്നവൻ യോഗസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു, സ്വർഗത്തിൽ ദേവനെപ്പോലെ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम

• तम्: him/that (liṅga)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अर्चयते: worships
• अर्चयते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (Kriya-visheshana)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पूजाविधानतः: according to the prescribed worship procedure
• पूजाविधानतः: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूजा-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; पूजा + विधान)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’ = ‘according to/from the procedure’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• योगसिद्धिम्: yogic attainment
• योगसिद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; योग + सिद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Adverbial (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देववत् (अव्यय; देव + वत्)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative indeclinable)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs orderly pūjā before Yogēśa in Prabhāsa—lamp, incense, flowers, water-offering—while the deity’s presence radiates yogic serenity; a subtle vision of heavenly rejoicing is suggested behind.

Characters & Entities

• Yogēśvara
• Pūjā
• Yoga-siddhi
• Svarga (Divi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti performed with right method (vidhi) leads to inner accomplishment (siddhi) and auspicious posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra through the worship of the Yogēśvara liṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) should be done with devotion and in accordance with proper pūjā-vidhi.