Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यथाकृत्यप्रयोगेण सम्यक्छ्रद्धा समन्विताः । पूज्यो दिव्योपचारेण यथावित्तानुसारतः

Transliteration

yathākṛtyaprayogeṇa samyakchraddhā samanvitāḥ | pūjyo divyopacāreṇa yathāvittānusārataḥ

Translation

விதிப்படி நிறைந்த பக்தியுடன், தன் வசதிக்கேற்ப தெய்வீக உபசாரங்களால் அவரை வழிபட வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• yathā-kṛtya-prayogeṇa: by proper procedure
• yathā-kṛtya-prayogeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √kṛ, 'duty/what is to be done') + prayoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental); एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः—यथाकृत्यः (as is proper) इति, ततः ‘यथाकृत्यप्रयोग’ (proper procedure)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्); सम्यगर्थक (properly)

• śraddhā: faith
• śraddhā: Sahakārī-bhāva (Accompanying quality/सहकारी-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• samanvitāḥ: endowed (with)
• samanvitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त from सम्+√i/√anv-i 'to be endowed')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—(विप्राः/जनाः) implied; ‘श्रद्धया समन्विताः’ (endowed with faith)

• pūjyaḥ: worthy to be worshipped
• pūjyaḥ: Karman/Viṣaya (Object of worship/पूज्य-विषय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त—यत्-प्रत्यय, ‘worthy of worship’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्—(ब्रह्मा) implied

• divya-upacāreṇa: with divine offerings
• divya-upacāreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + upacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारय—दिव्यः उपचारः (divine offerings/services)

• yathā-vitta-anusārataḥ: according to one’s means
• yathā-vitta-anusārataḥ: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vitta (प्रातिपदिक) + anusāratas (अव्यय; अनुसार + तस्)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः अव्ययप्रयोगः; अर्थः—यथावित्तम्/यथाशक्ति (according to one’s means)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Brahmā-pūjā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs orderly worship with measured offerings—flowers, water, incense—before child-form Brahmā; the scene emphasizes sincerity over extravagance.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is measured by sincerity and correct observance, not by extravagance—offer according to capacity with steady faith.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha) is the overarching sacred geography of this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā by the proper method (yathākṛtya) using upacāras (offerings) suited to one’s means (yathāvitta).