Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन संस्नाप्य देवं शुकप्रतिष्ठितम् । सुगन्धपुष्पैः संपूज्य शौक्रीं पीडां स नाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya devaṃ śukapratiṣṭhitam | sugandhapuṣpaiḥ saṃpūjya śaukrīṃ pīḍāṃ sa nāpnuyāt

Translation

ଶୁକ୍ରଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ଦେବଙ୍କୁ ପଞ୍ଚାମୃତରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରାଇ ସୁଗନ୍ଧିତ ପୁଷ୍ପରେ ପୂଜା କଲେ, ଶୌକ୍ରୀ ପୀଡା (ଶୁକ୍ର-ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧୀୟ କଷ୍ଟ) ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः: पञ्च + अमृत (पञ्चविध-अमृतम्)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्-; संस्नाप्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): 'having bathed'

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शुक: Śuka (parrot/Śuka)
• शुक: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: installed by Śuka
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त; √स्था (धातु) उपसर्गः प्रति- + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; देवम् विशेषयति; समासः: शुक-प्रतिष्ठितम् (शुकेन प्रतिष्ठितम्)

• सुगन्ध: fragrant
• सुगन्ध: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः: सुगन्ध-पुष्पैः (fragrant flowers)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्-; संपूज्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): 'having worshipped'

• शौक्रीम्: (arising) from semen/Śukra
• शौक्रीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शौक्री (प्रातिपदिक; शुक्र-सम्बन्धिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पीडाम् विशेषयति

• पीडाम्: affliction; pain
• पीडाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• आप्नुयात्: may obtain; may suffer
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from section flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śukra-pratiṣṭhita (Śuka-pratiṣṭhita) Deva/Liṅga at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests and devotees pour pañcāmṛta over the Śukra-established liṅga; streams of white and golden liquids flow, followed by a shower of fragrant blossoms; the devotee is shown relieved from a dark ‘pīḍā’ cloud.

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• Śukra (Venus)
• Śukreśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship at a sacred liṅga is taught as a dharmic remedy that harmonizes planetary afflictions through Śiva’s sanctifying presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, focusing on the deity/liṅga associated with Śukreśvara and the establishment by Śuka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāmṛta snāna/abhiṣeka of the deity and worship with fragrant flowers (sugandha-puṣpa).