Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

प्रत्यहं रत्नमाणिक्यैः पुष्पैश्चोच्चावचैरपि । जीवितेन धनेनापि पूजितोऽसि न संशयः

Transliteration

pratyahaṃ ratnamāṇikyaiḥ puṣpaiścoccāvacairapi | jīvitena dhanenāpi pūjito'si na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“วันแล้ววันเล่า ด้วยรัตนะและมณี ด้วยดอกไม้นานาชนิดทั้งสูงต่ำ และแม้ด้วยชีวิตกับทรัพย์สินของตน—เขาได้บูชาพระองค์โดยปราศจากข้อสงสัย”

Word by Word

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + अहन्/अह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'each day')

• रत्नमाणिक्यैः: with jewels and gems
• रत्नमाणिक्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + माणिक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उच्चावचैः: various (high and low; diverse)
• उच्चावचैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्च (प्रातिपदिक) + अवच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व (pair: high/low = various), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पुष्पैः)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; 'also/even')

• जीवितेन: with (one's) life
• जीवितेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनेन: with wealth
• धनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; 'also/even')

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'न संशयः' इति नास्ति-भावार्थः

Speaker

Kirāta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaṅkara (Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee’s repeated offerings are evoked: heaps of flowers, gleaming gems, and the symbolic offering of one’s very life and wealth before Śiva in a Himalayan sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied as the worshipped Lord)
• Kirāta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when offerings include not only objects but one’s whole life and resources.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Śaiva sacred landscape, where constant worship is celebrated as supremely meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pūjā with flowers and valuable offerings is described as the devotee’s practice.