Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तथा चत्वरपूजां च प्रकृत्वा विधिपूर्वकम् । पश्चात्त्वां पूजयित्वा च होमं यश्च करिष्यति

Transliteration

tathā catvarapūjāṃ ca prakṛtvā vidhipūrvakam | paścāttvāṃ pūjayitvā ca homaṃ yaśca kariṣyati

Translation

ฉันนั้น เมื่อประกอบจัตวรปูชาโดยชอบตามวิธีแล้ว ครั้นบูชาท่านแล้ว ผู้ใดจึงกระทำโหมะคือการบูชาไฟต่อจากนั้น…

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise)

• चत्वर: crossroads, square
• चत्वर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• प्रकृत्वा: having performed
• प्रकृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having done/performed’

• विधि: rule, prescribed method
• विधि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• पूर्वकम्: in accordance with, duly
• पूर्वकम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial usage of -पूर्वकम्)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/क्रमवाचक (adverb: afterwards)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having worshipped’

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

• होमम्: fire-offering, oblation
• होमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

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

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual ground divided into four precincts; the priest offers flowers/incense to each quarter, then turns to the main deity, then lights the homa fire and begins offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Catvara (ritual precinct/crossroads)
• Homa (fire-offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses method (vidhi): orderly worship and correct sequence are integral to sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the excerpt; it remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform catvara-pūjā according to rule, then worship the deity addressed, and then perform homa.