Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

न ग्रहाः पूजितास्तेन दक्षेण च महात्मना । ग्रहाणां विषयत्वेन सच्छिद्रोऽयं महानभूत्

Transliteration

na grahāḥ pūjitāstena dakṣeṇa ca mahātmanā | grahāṇāṃ viṣayatvena sacchidro'yaṃ mahānabhūt

Translation

มหาตมะทักษะผู้นั้นมิได้บูชาพระเคราะห์ทั้งหลาย เมื่อพระเคราะห์ถูกละเลยเป็นเรื่องรอง กิจอันยิ่งใหญ่นี้จึงบกพร่อง มีรอยรั่วเป็นมลทิน

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• grahāḥ: the planets
• grahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• pūjitāḥ: were worshipped
• pūjitāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• dakṣeṇa: by Dakṣa
• dakṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (mahā + ātman), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of dakṣeṇa)

• grahāṇām: of the planets
• grahāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• viṣayatvena: by being the object/domain
• viṣayatvena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣayatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित (state/condition)

• sacchidraḥ: flawed; with a defect
• sacchidraḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sacchidra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (sa + chidra), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• ayam: this (one/act)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mahān: great
• mahān: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of ayam)

• abhūt: became
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solemn sacrificial setting where Dakṣa’s grand rite shows an unseen flaw: the grahas remain unhonored, and a symbolic ‘breach’ appears in the ritual order—priests look uneasy as the cosmic regulators are slighted.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Dakṣa
• Grahāḥ (Navagraha concept)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is holistic: neglecting customary invocations (like graha-pūjā) symbolizes incompleteness and invites disorder into sacred acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is highlighted; the verse focuses on ritual completeness within the Purāṇic account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Graha-pūjā (honoring the grahas) is implicitly prescribed as a component whose omission creates a ‘chidra’ (defect) in rites.