Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

पद्मासनस्थितः सौम्यस्तथा तं तत्र संस्मरन् । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महामूर्त्तिं पूजयामास वासरम्

Transliteration

padmāsanasthitaḥ saumyastathā taṃ tatra saṃsmaran | pratiṣṭhāpya mahāmūrttiṃ pūjayāmāsa vāsaram

Translation

സൗമ്യനായി പദ്മാസനത്തിൽ ഇരുന്ന് അവിടെയേ അവനെ സ്മരിച്ച്, മഹാമൂർത്തിയെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠാപിച്ച് ദിവസം മുഴുവൻ പൂജ ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• पद्मासन-स्थितः: seated in lotus posture
• पद्मासन-स्थितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मासन (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (पद्मासने स्थितः)

• सौम्यः: gentle, auspicious
• सौम्यः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus/likewise)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• संस्मरन्: remembering
• संस्मरन्: Karta (कर्ता; concomitant action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → संस्मरन् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परस्मैपद-भाव

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → प्रति-√स्था → प्रतिष्ठाप्य (कृदन्त; ल्यप्/त्वा)
• Form: ल्यप्/त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): having स्थापित/installed

• महा-मूर्त्तिम्: the great image/icon
• महा-मूर्त्तिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महती मूर्तिः)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; देशी-प्रयोग (periphrastic perfect sense: worshipped)

• वासरम्: for a day; the day
• वासरम्: Karma/Extent of time (कालाधिकरण-प्राय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (installation precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana sits in padmāsana, serene and gentle, remembering the deity; priests and attendants consecrate a large icon (mahāmūrti), followed by continuous worship through the day.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Śiva (implied by context)
• Mahāmūrti (installed image)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes complete through inner remembrance (smaraṇa/dhyāna) joined with outward worship and consecration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha tīrtha, where the installation and worship are performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā (installation of an icon) and pūjā performed continuously through the day.