Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पूजयन्विविधैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपादिकैर्नृप । गीतनृत्यैः सवादित्रैर्हास्यलास्यैरनेकधा

Transliteration

pūjayanvividhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpādikairnṛpa | gītanṛtyaiḥ savāditrairhāsyalāsyairanekadhā

Translation

हे नृपा! विविध पुष्पे, धूप-दीप इत्यादींनी पूजा करीत, वाद्यांसह गीत-नृत्य, हर्ष, हास्य व लास्य यांच्या अनेक प्रकारांनीही तेथे अर्चन करावे।

Word by Word

• पूजयन्: worshipping
• पूजयन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजयत् (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करणविशेषण

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण

• धूपदीपादिकैः: with incense, lamps, and the like
• धूपदीपादिकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप + दीप + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण; 'आदि' समाहारसूचक (etc.)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th case), एकवचन

• गीतनृत्यैः: with songs and dances
• गीतनृत्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत + नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण

• सवादित्रैः: with musical instruments
• सवादित्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण; 'स' = सहित (with)

• हास्यलास्यैः: with comic performances and graceful dances
• हास्यलास्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्य + लास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; करण

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (manner)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive worship scene: devotees offer heaps of flowers, incense and lamps blaze, singers and dancers perform with drums and cymbals; the king is addressed as witness to the many modes of honoring the sacred place.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage devotion is not only austerity; joyful, reverent worship with offerings and sacred arts is also a dharmic way to honor a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, praising the sanctity of Vastrāpatha in the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upacāra-pūjā: offering flowers, incense, lamps, and devotional celebration through music and dance.