Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सर्वेषु भक्तकार्येषु श्रीमाता पूज्यते सदा । यथा लंबोदरं देवं पूज यित्वा समारभेत्

Transliteration

sarveṣu bhaktakāryeṣu śrīmātā pūjyate sadā | yathā laṃbodaraṃ devaṃ pūja yitvā samārabhet

Translation

ในกิจการทั้งปวงของผู้ภักดี ศรีมาตาถูกบูชาอยู่เสมอ; ดุจดังผู้เริ่มงานย่อมบูชาพระลัมโบดรเทพ (พระคเณศ) ก่อนแล้วจึงลงมือ

Word by Word

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the locus)

• भक्तकार्येषु: in devotees' undertakings
• भक्तकार्येषु: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भक्तानां कार्येषु

• श्रीमाता: Śrī-Mother
• श्रीमाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पूज्यते: is worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (always)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparator/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as)

• लम्बोदरम्: Lambodara (Gaṇeśa)
• लम्बोदरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्ब + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: लम्बम् उदरं यस्य सः (गणेशः)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; लम्बोदरस्य विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/absolutive), धातु: पूज् (पूजायाम्)

• समारभेत्: should begin
• समारभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आरभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: सम्+आरभ् (आरम्भे)

Speaker

Narrator within the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya context (exact speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇyaka / Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee about to begin a journey/ritual pauses at a small shrine of Śrīmātā; nearby is an image of Lambodara, indicating the customary first worship; the scene emphasizes orderly commencement and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Lambodara (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin every dharmic endeavor with worship—Śrīmātā, like Gaṇeśa, is invoked to sanctify and steady the undertaking.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is implied as the devotional setting where Śrīmātā’s worship is established as a customary beginning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Śrīmātā at the start of devotees’ activities, analogous to first worshipping Lambodara (Gaṇeśa).