Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

होमयिष्यति यो भक्त्या लक्षमेकं तदग्रतः । पंचोपचारविधिना त्वां तु संपूज्य यत्नतः

Transliteration

homayiṣyati yo bhaktyā lakṣamekaṃ tadagrataḥ | paṃcopacāravidhinā tvāṃ tu saṃpūjya yatnataḥ

Translation

ఎవడు భక్తితో ఆ దేవుని సమక్షంలో లక్ష ఆహుతులతో హోమం చేస్తాడో, అలాగే పంచోపచార విధానంతో నిన్ను శ్రద్ధగా పూజిస్తాడో, అతడు ఇష్టఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

• होमयिष्यति: will perform homa / will offer oblations
• होमयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘will cause oblation/perform homa’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case, Instrumental), एकवचन

• लक्षम्: a lakh (100,000)
• लक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (one hundred thousand)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषण

• तत्: of that / his
• तत्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अग्रतः: in front (of you/it)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशबोधक-अव्यय (adverb of place: ‘in front’)

• पञ्चोपचारविधिना: by the method of five offerings/services
• पञ्चोपचारविधिना: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + उपचार + विधि (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पञ्चानाम् उपचाराणाम् विधिना)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed / and
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• संपूज्य: having fully worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• यत्नतः: carefully / with effort
• यत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्नतः (अव्यय; यत्न-शब्दात् तसिल्)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘carefully’)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (deduced from immediate narrative context of Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing homa-kuṇḍa before a sanctified icon; the devotee offers continuous āhutis, then completes worship with five upacāras arranged neatly on a tray.

Characters & Entities

• Bhauma (Maṅgala/Mars)
• Aṅgāreśvara
• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Homa
• Pañcopacāra Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with disciplined ritual (homa and proper pūjā) is praised as a direct means to obtain the desired fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the Aṅgāreśvara/Bhauma-related liṅga tradition within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa of one lakh oblations and worship by pañcopacāra (five-fold offerings) performed carefully before the deity.