Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

इति संपूज्य देवेशं ततः कुर्यात्परां स्तुतिम् । ऋग्भिर्वे पंचभिश्चैव शृणुष्वैकमनास्तु ताः

Transliteration

iti saṃpūjya deveśaṃ tataḥ kuryātparāṃ stutim | ṛgbhirve paṃcabhiścaiva śṛṇuṣvaikamanāstu tāḥ

Translation

एवं देवेशं सम्यक् संपूज्य ततः परां स्तुतिं कुर्यात्। ऋग्भिः पञ्चभिरेव ताः शृणुष्वैकमनाः॥

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समापन-निपात (quotative/concluding particle)

• saṃpūjya: having duly worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pūj (सम्+पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśa (देवेश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी): 'देवानाम् ईशः'; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• parām: supreme, excellent
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (पर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• stutim: praise, hymn
• stutim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (स्तुति प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ṛgbhiḥ: with Ṛg-verses
• ṛgbhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (ऋच्/ऋग् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; करण (instrument)

• ve: indeed (particle)
• ve: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ve (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/metrical particle; वै/वे-रूप)

• paṃcabhiḥ: with five
• paṃcabhiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (पञ्चन् संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• eka-manāḥ: with single-minded attention
• eka-manāḥ: Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (Addressed qualifier/सम्बोधन-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (एक प्रातिपदिक) + manas (मनस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास: 'एकं मनः यस्य सः' (one-pointed); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• tāḥ: those (verses)
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Lord of gods)
• Ṛg-verses
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage-dharma is completed by devotion: worship culminates in focused praise and attentive listening.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where correct worship and Vedic stuti are presented as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After worshipping Deveśa, perform a ‘supreme stuti’ using five Ṛg-verses, approached with single-pointed concentration.