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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 143

Devanagari script

रुद्र उवाच । यस्ते मित्रं स मे मित्रं यस्ते रिपुः स मे रिपुः । यस्त्वां पूजयते विष्णो स मां पूजयते ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

rudra uvāca | yaste mitraṃ sa me mitraṃ yaste ripuḥ sa me ripuḥ | yastvāṃ pūjayate viṣṇo sa māṃ pūjayate dhruvam

Translation

രുദ്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നിന്റെ മിത്രൻ എന്റെ മിത്രൻ; നിന്റെ ശത്രു എന്റെ ശത്രു. ഹേ വിഷ്ണുവേ, നിന്നെ പൂജിക്കുന്നവൻ നിർഭാഗ്യമായി എന്നെയും പൂജിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular
मित्रम्friend
मित्रम्:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular
मित्रम्friend
मित्रम्:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
तेyour
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular
रिपुःenemy
रिपुः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Pronoun, Genitive, Singular
रिपुःenemy
रिपुः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Pronoun, Accusative, Singular
पूजयतेworships
पूजयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)
विष्णोO Viṣṇu
विष्णो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Pronoun, Accusative, Singular
पूजयतेworships
पूजयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)
ध्रुवम्certainly
ध्रुवम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootध्रुवम् (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb ‘certainly’)
Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa / Vastrāpatha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra addresses Viṣṇu face-to-face in a sacred grove near the tīrtha; both stand in equal stature, calm and radiant; attendants (gaṇas and vānaras/garuḍa motifs) remain subdued, emphasizing concord.

Characters & Entities
R
Rudra
V
Viṣṇu
P
Pūjā

FAQs

The Purāṇic ideal of Hari-Hara unity: devotion offered to one supreme form reaches the other.

Within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa), the teaching sanctifies the tīrtha as a place of reconciled devotion.

Viṣṇu-pūjā is affirmed as simultaneously Śiva-pūjā, encouraging non-sectarian worship.

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