Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एतैः सरोरुहैर्देवं पूजयामि महेश्वरम् । ततो मया सभार्येण रुद्रेशः संप्रपूजितः

Transliteration

etaiḥ saroruhairdevaṃ pūjayāmi maheśvaram | tato mayā sabhāryeṇa rudreśaḥ saṃprapūjitaḥ

Translation

ఈ పద్మపుష్పాలతో నేను దేవుడైన మహేశ్వరుని పూజిస్తున్నాను. అనంతరం భార్యతో కూడి నేను రుద్రేశుని విధివిధానంగా సమ్యక్ పూజించితిని.

Word by Word

• एतैः: with these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (with these)

• सरोरुहैः: with lotuses
• सरोरुहैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरोरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषण/नाम

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/परिणाम (then/thereupon)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• स-भार्येण: together with (my) wife
• स-भार्येण: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः ‘सह भार्यया’ (together with wife)

• रुद्रेशः: Rudreśa (Śiva)
• रुद्रेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• संप्रपूजितः: was duly worshipped
• संप्रपूजितः: Kriya (Passive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्र+√पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was duly worshipped)

Speaker

Rājā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Rudreśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee and his wife stand before a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, offering fresh lotuses with folded hands; lamps glow in the sanctum; the sea-breeze and temple banners suggest the coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Rudreśa
• Wife (bhāryā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple offerings made with devotion—like lotuses—become powerful acts of worship when directed to Maheśvara in a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa region; the immediate ritual follows the Padmaka Tīrtha context described just before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā using lotuses, performed jointly by husband and wife (sa-bhārya worship).