Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

देवं संपूज्य विधिवद्गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । मुच्यते पातकैः सर्वैः सप्तजन्मार्जितैरपि

Transliteration

devaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadgandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ | mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ saptajanmārjitairapi

Translation

Tendo adorado devidamente o Senhor com perfumes, flores, akṣata (arroz inteiro) e semelhantes, a pessoa é libertada de todos os pecados, até mesmo dos acumulados ao longo de sete nascimentos.

Word by Word

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

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having worshipped)

• विधिवत्: according to rite
• विधिवत्: Adverbial (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (according to rule)

• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, rice-grains, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + अक्षत + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धाः च पुष्पाणि च अक्षतानि च) + आदि; करण-निर्देशः

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is released)

• पातकैः: from sins
• पातकैः: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; वियोग/अपादानार्थे तृतीया (freed from)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; पातकैः इति विशेषणम्

• सप्तजन्मार्जितैः: acquired over seven births
• सप्तजन्मार्जितैः: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जन्म + अर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सप्तजन्मसु अर्जिताः) पातकानां विशेषणम्

• अपि: even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ-निपात (even/also)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajogandheśvara (contextual) / Tripuṣkara-kunda vicinity

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before a liṅga, offering sandal paste, flowers, and akṣata; smoke of incense curls upward; a priest rings a bell; the atmosphere suggests a powerful absolution—darkness lifting, light intensifying around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pūjā offerings (gandha, puṣpa, akṣata)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple, sincere, and rule-based worship is portrayed as powerfully purifying, dissolving even long-standing karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ajogandheśvara/Ajogandha worship-context within Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Puṣkara Māhātmya setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat Śiva-pūjā using gandha (perfume), puṣpa (flowers), and akṣata (unbroken rice).