Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

विष्णोः संपूजनं कार्यं पतिबुद्ध्या न चान्यथा । पतिमेव सदा ध्यायेद्विष्णुरूपधरं हरिम्

Transliteration

viṣṇoḥ saṃpūjanaṃ kāryaṃ patibuddhyā na cānyathā | patimeva sadā dhyāyedviṣṇurūpadharaṃ harim

Translation

விஷ்ணுவை முழுமையாக ‘பதி’ என்ற பாவத்தோடு மட்டுமே பூஜிக்க வேண்டும்; வேறுபட அல்ல. விஷ்ணுரூபம் தாங்கிய ஹரியாகக் கணவரை எப்போதும் தியானிக்க வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• सम्पूजनम्: worship (complete worship)
• सम्पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पूजन (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: should be done
• कार्यम्: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ धातु, कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• पति-बुद्ध्या: with the understanding (that he is) one’s husband
• पति-बुद्ध्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; ‘पतौ बुद्धिः’ इति भावे—हेतौ/प्रकारे (as the attitude/understanding)

• न: not
• न: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

• पतिम्: the husband
• पतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• ध्यायेत्: should meditate upon
• ध्यायेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विष्णु-रूप-धरम्: bearing the form of Viṣṇu
• विष्णु-रूप-धरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ धातु, कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (one who bears the form of Viṣṇu)

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator/teacher within Brahmakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Viṣṇu shrine in a home: the devotee offers flowers and lamp to Viṣṇu while simultaneously visualizing the husband with a subtle Viṣṇu aura (śaṅkha-cakra motifs faintly overlaying his form).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is to be made single-minded: worship Viṣṇu wholeheartedly and cultivate a sacred vision of dharma within household relationships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse teaches devotional orientation (bhāva) as a form of lived dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform complete worship (saṃpūjana) of Viṣṇu, and maintain continual meditation (dhyāna) with a Viṣṇu-centered attitude.