Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां संस्नाप्य विधिना शिवम् । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्गंधधूपैरनु क्रमात् । स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं कामं मनसा यद्यदीप्सितम्

Transliteration

tatra śuklatrayodaśyāṃ saṃsnāpya vidhinā śivam | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhadhūpairanu kramāt | sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ kāmaṃ manasā yadyadīpsitam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ในวันตรีโยทศีแห่งปักษ์สว่าง ครั้นสรงสนานพระศิวะตามพิธีแล้ว พึงบูชาตามลำดับด้วยดอกไม้นานาชนิด เครื่องหอม และธูปหอม ผู้นั้นย่อมได้สมปรารถนาทุกประการ ตามที่ใจใคร่ใฝ่หา

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• शुक्ल-त्रयोदश्याम्: on the bright thirteenth lunar day
• शुक्ल-त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘on the bright (fortnight) thirteenth (tithi)’

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संस्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having bathed/washed (someone)

• विधिना: by the prescribed rite/method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘should worship’

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; agrees with ‘पुष्पैः’

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• गन्ध-धूपैः: with perfumes and incense
• गन्ध-धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; copulative ‘perfumes and incense’

• अनु: according to
• अनु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable ‘in accordance/after’

• क्रमात्: in due order
• क्रमात्: Hetu/Avadhi (Source/Limit—adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular used adverbially (‘in order/step by step’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Pronoun ‘he’

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘attains’

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; agrees with ‘कामम्’

• कामम्: desire (object of desire)
• कामम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मनसा: by (his) mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (‘by mind’)

• यत्-यत्: whatever
• यत्-यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Correlative pronoun, repeated: ‘whatever’

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: कृत (past passive participle sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘desired’; agrees with ‘यत्-यत्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright-fortnight Trayodaśī worship: devotees bathe the liṅga with water/milk, then offer layered flowers, sandal paste, and incense; the atmosphere is fragrant and luminous, suggesting fulfillment of heartfelt wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śukla Trayodaśī
• Pūjā
• Gandha
• Dhūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual performed with order and reverence at a holy site is portrayed as a means for both worldly fulfilment and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrāṅgadeśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On śukla trayodaśī: abhiṣeka (ritual bathing) of Śiva followed by sequential worship with flowers, fragrance, and incense.