Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

तुलस्यादीनि पुष्पाणि समाहृत्य च गालवः । विधाय पूजां कृष्णस्य स्तोत्रमेतदुदैरयत्

Transliteration

tulasyādīni puṣpāṇi samāhṛtya ca gālavaḥ | vidhāya pūjāṃ kṛṣṇasya stotrametadudairayat

Translation

ครั้นรวบรวมดอกไม้ต่าง ๆ เช่น ใบตุลสีแล้ว คาลวะได้ประกอบพิธีบูชาพระกฤษณะ และต่อจากนั้นได้เปล่งวาจาสวดสรรเสริญเป็นบทสโตตรานี้

Word by Word

• तुलस्यादीनि: (flowers) such as tulasī etc.
• तुलस्यादीनि: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; तुलसी + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तुलसी आदिः येषाम्)

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• समाहृत्य: having gathered/collected
• समाहृत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive); उपसर्गाः—सम्, आ

• च: and
• च: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्—समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विधाय: having performed/arranged
• विधाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (gerund/absolutive); उपसर्गः—वि

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णस्य: of Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; स्तोत्रम् इति विशेषणम्

• उदैरयत्: uttered/recited
• उदैरयत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; उपसर्गः—उद्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (Gālava) gathers tulasī and flowers in a grove near the tank, then performs Kṛṣṇa pūjā at a small altar; hands raised as he begins a hymn; garlands, lamp, and conch present.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Tulasī
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through pure offerings and heartfelt praise; stotra recitation completes and elevates pūjā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship occurs in the Dharmapuṣkariṇī setting described in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Collect tulasī and other floral offerings, perform Kṛṣṇa’s pūjā, and recite a stotra.