Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

विष्णुं संपूज्य विधिवत्सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात् । पुत्रानवाप्नुयाद्विद्धि धर्मांश्च विधिवन्नरः

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ saṃpūjya vidhivatsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt | putrānavāpnuyādviddhi dharmāṃśca vidhivannaraḥ

Translation

വിധിപൂർവ്വം വിഷ്ണുവിനെ സമ്പൂജിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നേടും. അവൻ യോഗ്യമായ പുത്രന്മാരെയും പ്രാപിക്കും; കൂടാതെ വിധിവതാചരണത്തിലൂടെ ധർമ്മഫലവും ലഭിക്കും എന്നു അറിയുക.

Word by Word

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done)

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner-adverb)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कमान् इति विशेष्य)

• कामान्: desires, wishes
• कामान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: may obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विद्धि: know (you)
• विद्धि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धर्मान्: righteous merits, dharmas
• धर्मान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• विधिवत्: duly
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi + vat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrodaka (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs formal Viṣṇu worship near the tīrtha: lamp, incense, flowers, and naivedya arranged; Viṣṇu icon or śālagrāma on a pedestal; behind, the calm waters and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper, rule-based worship of Viṣṇu is presented as a dharmic path that yields both worldly aims and spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Ayodhyā Māhātmya; this verse gives a general phalaśruti of Viṣṇu-pūjā within that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat (according to injunction) worship/pūjā of Viṣṇu.