Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य वृषचंडेश्वरादिकान् । पूजां समर्प्य विधिवत्प्रार्थयेद्गिरिजापतिम्

Transliteration

tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vṛṣacaṃḍeśvarādikān | pūjāṃ samarpya vidhivatprārthayedgirijāpatim

Translation

त्यानंतर वृष, चंडेश्वर इत्यादी शिवपरिचरांची प्रदक्षिणा करून, विधिपूर्वक पूजा अर्पण करून, गिरिजापती शंकरास भक्तिभावाने प्रार्थना करावी।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दक्ष् (धातु) + णिच्; कृत्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); अर्थ: प्रदक्षिणां कृत्वा (having circumambulated)

• वृषचण्डेश्वरादिकान्: Vṛṣa-Caṇḍeśvara and others
• वृषचण्डेश्वरादिकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषचण्डेश्वर + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: वृष + चण्ड + ईश्वर + आदिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘...आदिक’ = and others beginning with ...

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समर्प्य: having offered
• समर्प्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); अर्थ: समर्पणं कृत्वा (having offered)

• विधिवत्: duly, according to rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhivat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थ: विधिना यथावत् (according to rule)

• प्रार्थयेत्: should pray to
• प्रार्थयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; अर्थ: प्रार्थयेत् = should pray/request

• गिरिजापतिम्: the husband of Girijā (Śiva)
• गिरिजापतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गिरिजायाः पति (husband of Girijā)

Speaker

Narratorial voice (sectional instruction; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic discourse when unspecified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes circumambulation inside a Śiva temple courtyard, pausing to offer flowers and water to Nandin (Vṛṣa) and Caṇḍeśvara shrine, then turns toward the central liṅga to pray to Girijā-pati.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā-pati (Śiva)
• Vṛṣa (Nandin)
• Caṇḍeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when worship is performed with proper method (vidhi) and humility, honoring Śiva’s attendants before addressing Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it gives a general Śaiva ritual sequence applicable at Śiva temples and sacred sites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), offer pūjā according to rule (vidhivat), and then recite a prayer to Girijā-pati.