Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

य एनं पूजयिष्यंति भक्तियुक्ताश्च मानवाः । यास्यंति ते सुरावासं सशरीरा नरोत्तमाः

Transliteration

ya enaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti bhaktiyuktāśca mānavāḥ | yāsyaṃti te surāvāsaṃ saśarīrā narottamāḥ

Translation

“มนุษย์ผู้ประกอบด้วยศรัทธา บูชาสิ่งนี้ (ลึงค์) จักไปสู่เทวาลัย คือที่พำนักของเหล่าเทพ; นรชนผู้ประเสริฐเหล่านั้น แม้พร้อมด้วยกาย”

Word by Word

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• enam: this (him/it)
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• pūjayiṣyanti: will worship
• pūjayiṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्

• bhaktiyuktāḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhaktiyuktāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; भक्ति-युक्ताः = भक्त्या युक्ताः (instrumental sense)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• surāvāsam: the abode of the gods
• surāvāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + āvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सुराणाम् आवासः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• saśarīrāḥ: with their bodies
• saśarīrāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; सह शरीरेण (with body)

• narottamāḥ: best of men
• narottamāḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; नराणां उत्तमाः (appositional epithet)

Speaker

Devas (collective proclamation of phala)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga (Prabhāseśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods proclaim that devoted human worshipers will ascend to the gods’ abode, even bodily; visualized as a radiant path rising from the liṅga, with devotees lifted in light toward a celestial city.

Characters & Entities

• Humans (mānavāḥ)
• Liṅga
• Sura-āvāsa (abode of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere bhakti expressed through worship yields exalted destiny; devotion is portrayed as a direct path to divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the promised fruit of worshiping the liṅga established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the liṅga with bhakti (devotional intent) as the essential requirement.