Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा ततो महादेवं पूजयेच्च कपर्द्दिनम् । इति वृत्तं पुरा देवि चाक्षुषस्यांतरेऽभवत्

Transliteration

dattvā tato mahādevaṃ pūjayecca kaparddinam | iti vṛttaṃ purā devi cākṣuṣasyāṃtare'bhavat

Translation

दत्त्वा ततः महादेवं पूजयेच्च कपर्द्दिनम् । इति वृत्तं पुरा देवि चाक्षुषस्यान्तरेऽभवत् ॥

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given (donation)
• दत्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) → dattvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund), ‘having given’

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तरता सूचक/adverb: thereafter)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-deva (प्रातिपदिक; महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• कपर्द्दिनम्: Kapardin (Śiva, ‘wearer of matted hair’)
• कपर्द्दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapardin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative particle/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थ-निपात)

• वृत्तम्: this account/event
• वृत्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘घटितम्/वृत्तान्तः’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/once, formerly)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• चाक्षुषस्य: of Cākṣuṣa (Manu)
• चाक्षुषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; मन्वन्तर-विशेषणम्

• अन्तरे: in the period (during)
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘मध्ये’

• अभवत्: happened/occurred
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śiva-centric culmination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, having completed offerings, stands before a liṅga shrine; Śiva is evoked as Kaparddin with matted locks; the narration gestures to vast cosmic time (Cākṣuṣa Manvantara) through symbolic celestial backdrops.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Kaparddin
• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After giving (dāna/offerings), one should complete the act through Śiva-pūjā—charity and worship together become dharma that yields merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa as a pre-eminent Śaiva sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sequence is implied: first make an offering (dattvā), then worship Mahādeva (pūjayet).