Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं संपूजितो देवः सर्वकामप्रदो भवेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃpūjito devaḥ sarvakāmaprado bhavet

Translation

เมื่อบูชาอย่างครบถ้วนดังนี้แล้ว เทวะนั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ประทานความปรารถนาทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thus)

• संपूजितः: well-worshipped
• संपूजितः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• देवः: the deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• सर्वकामप्रदः: giver of all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वान् कामान् प्रददाति इति) विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would become / will be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: भू

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣetrapāla-sthāna (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī/Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity Kṣetrapāla radiates blessings; the devotee stands with folded hands as a shower of symbolic boons (flowers, coins, protective aura) descends—signifying ‘sarva-kāma-prada’.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetrapāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship (with proper place, time, and offerings) yields tangible and spiritual fruits, affirming the Purāṇic ethic of devotion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Kṣetrapāla context (the guardian of the sacred precinct).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the result of the previously described worship; it does not add new ritual steps.