Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मात्राहूतोपि बहुशः स पूजासक्तमानसः । बालोपि भोजनं नच्छत्तदा माता स्वयं ययौ

Transliteration

mātrāhūtopi bahuśaḥ sa pūjāsaktamānasaḥ | bālopi bhojanaṃ nacchattadā mātā svayaṃ yayau

Translation

แม้มารดาจะเรียกหลายครั้ง ใจของเขาก็ยังหมกมุ่นอยู่ในบูชา; แม้เป็นเด็กก็ไม่ไปกินอาหาร—ครั้นแล้วมารดาจึงไปที่นั่นด้วยตนเอง

Word by Word

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karta (Agent in passive sense)/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• आहूतः: called, summoned
• आहूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ह्वे/ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been called’

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/though)

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• सक्त: attached, absorbed
• सक्त: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound-member)

• मानसः: one whose mind was absorbed in worship
• मानसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: पूजा-सक्त-मानसः = ‘पूजायां सक्तं मानसं यस्य’ (bahuvrīhi-like adjectival compound; treated as tatpuruṣa chain)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• भोजनम्: food, meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• अच्छत्: he ate
• अच्छत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘ate’ (with negation)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: herself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic adverb: herself)

• ययौ: she went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mother calls repeatedly from outside with food ready; the child remains seated in pūjā, unmoving, absorbed; finally the mother walks toward the shrine herself, worry turning to irritation.

Characters & Entities

• Mother (gopī)
• Child devotee
• Śiva (implied by pūjā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep absorption in worship is depicted as a powerful spiritual state, even in a young devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual item is added; the verse stresses steadfast continuity in pūjā.