Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्रार्कस्थलसंनिधौ । पूजयेन्मातरः सर्वा यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिमात्मनः

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatrārkasthalasaṃnidhau | pūjayenmātaraḥ sarvā yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ

Translation

కాబట్టి సమస్త ప్రయత్నంతో అక్కడ అర్కస్థల సన్నిధిలో, ఎవడు తన ఆత్మసిద్ధిని కోరునో వాడు సమస్త మాతృదేవతలను పూజించవలెను।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• sarvaprayatnena: with all effort
• sarvaprayatnena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• arkasthala-saṃnidhau: in the vicinity of Arka-sthala
• arkasthala-saṃnidhau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka + sthala + saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (arkasya sthalam; tasya saṃnidhiḥ) ‘near the Arka-place’

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

• mātaraḥ: the Mothers (Mātṛs)
• mātaraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), बहुवचन (कर्मपद)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (mātaraḥ प्रति)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional particle)

• icchet: should desire
• icchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• siddhim: success; attainment
• siddhim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• ātmanaḥ: of oneself
• ātmanaḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, Prabhāsa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple or solitary sādhaka stands near a sun-marked shrine at Arkasthala in Prabhāsa, offering flowers, lamps, and red cloth to a semicircle of Mātṛkā forms; the sea-breeze and coastal light suggest Prabhāsa’s littoral sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Arkasthala
• Mātṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused effort and devotion to the presiding divine powers of a kṣetra is presented as a direct means to siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, especially its proximity as the proper locus for Mātṛ worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship all the Mātṛs near Arkasthala with full dedication, as a means to attain siddhi.