Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अहं वः कीर्तयिष्यामि शक्तियं मंत्रमुत्तमम् । पूजाविधानसंयुक्तं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शुभम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaktiyaṃ maṃtramuttamam | pūjāvidhānasaṃyuktaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ śubham

Translation

मी तुम्हांस उत्तम शाक्त मंत्र सांगीन—तो शुभ आहे, पूजाविधानाने संयुक्त आहे आणि भोग व मोक्ष दोन्ही देणारा आहे।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वः: to you; for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचनार्थ (plural sense)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will proclaim; will tell
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्त् causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• शक्तियम्: Śakti (the Goddess/power)
• शक्तियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजाविधानसंयुक्तम्: joined with the rules of worship
• पूजाविधानसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'connected with the procedure of worship'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'giver of enjoyment and liberation'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata (implied)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa/rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A preceptor-figure announces an ‘uttama’ Śākta mantra to assembled devas, with ritual manuals and pūjā implements symbolically present; the atmosphere is auspicious and anticipatory.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Mantra
• Pūjā-vidhi (worship procedure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural worship is both experiential and disciplined: mantra with correct pūjā-vidhi yields integrated wellbeing—bhukti and mukti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is situated within the Arbuda narrative, implying the mountain as a sanctified venue for mantra and pūjā practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Śākta mantra along with pūjā-vidhāna (rules and method of worship) is explicitly referenced.