Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । साधुसाधु महादेवि साधु पृष्टोऽस्मि सुवते । शृणुष्वैकमना देवि मूर्तिथं येन पूजयेत्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | sādhusādhu mahādevi sādhu pṛṣṭo'smi suvate | śṛṇuṣvaikamanā devi mūrtithaṃ yena pūjayet

Translation

ఈశ్వరుడు పలికెను—సాధు సాధు, ఓ మహాదేవీ! ఓ సువ్రతే, నీవు మంచి ప్రశ్న అడిగావు. దేవీ, ఏకాగ్రచిత్తంతో విను—మూర్తిలో స్థితుడైన దేవుని పూజించే విధానాన్ని.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• साधु: well done / good
• साधु: Sambodhana/Prayojaka (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/interjection), प्रशंसार्थक (approbative)

• साधु: indeed, well
• साधु: Sambodhana/Prayojaka (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/interjection), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—महान् + देवी (कर्मधारय)

• साधु: good
• साधु: Sambodhana/Prayojaka (Exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/interjection), प्रशंसार्थक

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (as predicate to अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृच्छ् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (asked)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुवते: O fair one / O good lady
• सुवते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; (स्त्री-सम्बोधन)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• एकमनाः: single-minded, attentive
• एकमनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—एकं मनः यस्य (तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीह्यर्थे ‘single-minded’)

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

• मूर्तिस्थम्: (the deity) abiding in the image/form
• मूर्तिस्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—मूर्तौ स्थितम् (तत्पुरुष)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Prescriptive action/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara praises Devī’s question and begins instruction; Devī sits with one-pointed attention, the atmosphere solemn and pedagogical, with a ritual space prepared nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship must be joined with mental concentration (eka-manā) and right inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such worship-instructions form part of the site’s sacred greatness narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva begins to outline the pūjā-vidhi for worshipping the deity in mūrti (iconic form).