Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

समंताद्दिव्यपुष्पैश्च तां देवीं समवाकिरन् । स्तुवंतो विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्नमंतो भक्तितत्पराः

Transliteration

samaṃtāddivyapuṣpaiśca tāṃ devīṃ samavākiran | stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stotrairnamaṃto bhaktitatparāḥ

Translation

จากทุกทิศพวกเขาโปรยดอกไม้ทิพย์ถวายแด่พระเทวีนั้น สรรเสริญด้วยบทสโตตรนานาประการ และก้มกราบด้วยใจแน่วแน่ในภักติ

Word by Word

• samantāt: from all sides, all around
• samantāt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: ‘from all sides/around’)

• divya-puṣpaiḥ: with divine flowers
• divya-puṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘divine flowers’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devīm: the Goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samavākiran: they showered/strewed (upon)
• samavākiran: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava-√kṛ (धातु; ‘to scatter, strew’)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• stuvantaḥ: praising
• stuvantaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘stotra’)

• stotraiḥ: with hymns
• stotraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• namantaḥ: bowing
• namantaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• bhakti-tatparāḥ: devotionally intent, devoted
• bhakti-tatparāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (locative/commitment sense: ‘intent on devotion’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra Devi-sannidhi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas encircle the Goddess, raining divine blossoms from all directions; some sing hymns with folded hands, others bow low; the air is thick with petals and sacred sound.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory culminates in gratitude: worship through praise, offerings, and humility is the dharmic response to divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, where celestial-style worship (flowers and hymns) models how devotees may honor the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Flower-offering (puṣpārpaṇa/arcana), hymn-recitation (stotra), and prostration (namaskāra) are described as acts of devotion.