Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पंचम्यां शुक्लपक्षे तु मासि भाद्रपदे द्विजाः । यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः । विधिनानेन विप्रेन्द्राः सर्वानेव यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

paṃcamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu māsi bhādrapade dvijāḥ | yastānpūjayate bhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ | vidhinānena viprendrāḥ sarvāneva yathākramam

Translation

โอ ทวิชะทั้งหลาย ในวันปัญจมีแห่งปักษ์สว่าง เดือนภัทรปท ผู้ใดบูชาท่านเหล่านั้นด้วยศรัทธา ใช้ดอกไม้ ธูป และเครื่องลูบไล้หอม ตามพิธีที่กำหนดนี้ โอ พราหมณ์ผู้เป็นใหญ่ และบูชาทุกองค์ตามลำดับ—ย่อมได้บุญผลดังกล่าว

Word by Word

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (lunar day)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुक्लपक्षे: in the bright fortnight
• शुक्लपक्षे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल + पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक); शुक्लपक्ष (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भाद्रपदे: (called) Bhādrapada
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रथमा-बहुवचनप्रयोगः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: with flowers, incense, and unguents
• पुष्पधूपानुलेपनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + धूप + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक); पुष्पधूपानुलेपन (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विधिना: by the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'विधिना')

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O lords among Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक); विप्रेन्द्र (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रथमा-बहुवचनप्रयोगः

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied 'तान्/ऋषीन्')

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis)

• यथाक्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (अव्ययभाव-समास)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'in due order')

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saptarṣi-āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvi-jāḥ / viprendrāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bright-fortnight fifth day: devotees arrange flowers, incense, and sandal paste before seven honored seats/icons; each is worshiped in sequence; the hermitage glows with lamps and fragrant smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Śukla-pañcamī
• Pūjā
• Puṣpa
• Dhūpa
• Anulepana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship done on the right lunar day and performed in proper order is presented as especially efficacious in tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha (immediately connected with the Saptarṣis in the following verses) is the ritual setting implied by “tatra/this method.”

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Bhādrapada bright-fortnight pañcamī, perform pūjā with flowers, incense, and unguents, honoring the recipients in the prescribed sequence.