Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा पूज्यमानेन अहं विष्णुश्च पूजितः । विष्णुना पूज्यमानेन अहं ब्रह्मा च पूजितः

Transliteration

brahmaṇā pūjyamānena ahaṃ viṣṇuśca pūjitaḥ | viṣṇunā pūjyamānena ahaṃ brahmā ca pūjitaḥ

Translation

เมื่อบูชาพระพรหม ข้าพเจ้าและพระวิษณุก็ได้รับการบูชาด้วย เมื่อบูชาพระวิษณุ ข้าพเจ้าและพระพรหมก็ได้รับการบูชาด้วยเช่นกัน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पूज्यमानेन: while being worshipped
• पूज्यमानेन: Sambandha (Concomitant/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सहकारक-भावे (while being worshipped)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

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

• पूजितः: (was) worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मणि (worshipped)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पूज्यमानेन: while being worshipped
• पूज्यमानेन: Sambandha (Concomitant/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात

• पूजितः: (was) worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मणि

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triadic tableau: Brahmā being worshipped while subtle emblems of Śiva and Viṣṇu appear, indicating that their worship is encompassed; reciprocal scenes mirror the statement.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship offered to any member of the Trimūrti reaches the whole divine reality; sectarian division is spiritually misguided.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Purāṇa frames devotion as harmonizing Śiva, Viṣṇu, and Brahmā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is listed; the instruction is theological—recognize the unity behind different objects of worship.