Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

रुक्मशय्यासमाच्छन्ने तत्रस्थं पूजयेत्क्रमात् । अनंतादिशिखंड्यंतैर्नामभिः क्रमशोऽर्चयेत्

Transliteration

rukmaśayyāsamācchanne tatrasthaṃ pūjayetkramāt | anaṃtādiśikhaṃḍyaṃtairnāmabhiḥ kramaśo'rcayet

Translation

பொன் மஞ்சம் முறையாக விரிக்கப்பட்டபின், அங்கே அமர்ந்துள்ள இறைவனை படிப்படியாக வழிபட வேண்டும்; ‘அனந்த’ முதல் ‘சிகண்டின்’ வரை உள்ள நாமங்களை வரிசையாகச் சொல்லி அர்ச்சிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• रुक्मशय्यासमाच्छन्ने: in/onto (that which is) covered with a golden bed
• रुक्मशय्यासमाच्छन्ने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक) + समाच्छन्न (कृदन्त, सम्-आ-छद् धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे (Neuter) — ‘रुक्मशय्यया समाच्छन्ने (स्थाने/वस्तुनि)’ इति; समाच्छन्न = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• तत्रस्थम्: the one situated there
• तत्रस्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘तत्र स्थितम्’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• क्रमात्: in order, sequentially
• क्रमात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) — ‘क्रमेण’

• अनन्तादिशिखण्ड्यन्तैः: with (names) from Ananta up to Śikhaṇḍin
• अनन्तादिशिखण्ड्यन्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + शिखण्डिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘अनन्त-आदि-शिखण्डि-अन्तैः (नामभिः)’; ‘…से लेकर …तक’ अर्थे समास

• नामभिः: with names
• नामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• क्रमशः: in sequence
• क्रमशः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रमशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb) — ‘क्रमेण’

• अर्चयेत्: should worship/offer homage
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The golden couch is neatly spread; the deity sits enthroned. The worshipper offers flowers one by one while chanting a structured litany of names, visualized as a garland of syllables encircling the deity from ‘Ananta’ to ‘Śikhaṇḍin’.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Someśvara
• Ananta
• Śikhaṇḍin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline and order in worship—especially nāma-arcana—cultivates steadiness, reverence, and completeness in devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a setting where properly ordered worship yields great merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā in a fixed sequence and do nāma-arcana with a prescribed series of names (from Ananta onward).