Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

गन्धपुष्पादिभिस्तत्र भक्ष्यैर्भोज्यैः समोदकैः । चतुर्मुखं चतुर्थ्यां तु संपूज्य सिद्धिभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

gandhapuṣpādibhistatra bhakṣyairbhojyaiḥ samodakaiḥ | caturmukhaṃ caturthyāṃ tu saṃpūjya siddhibhāgbhavet

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ด้วยเครื่องหอม ดอกไม้ และสิ่งทั้งหลาย พร้อมของหวาน อาหาร และเครื่องดื่ม; หากบูชาพระจตุรมุขโดยเฉพาะในวันจตุรถี ย่อมเป็นผู้ได้รับสิทธิและความสำเร็จ

Word by Word

• gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha-puṣpa-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहारार्थे ‘ādi’; तत्पुरुषसमासः

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• bhakṣyaiḥ: with edible offerings
• bhakṣyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhojyaiḥ: with foods (to be eaten)
• bhojyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• samodakaiḥ: together with water
• samodakaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-udaka (प्रातिपदिक; सह + उदक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (with water); भक्ष्यैः/भोज्यैः इति विशेषण

• caturmukham: Caturmukha (Vināyaka)
• caturmukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur-mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः

• caturthyām: on the fourth (tithi)
• caturthyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तिथिवाचक (on the fourth lunar day)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोध (particle: ‘indeed/but’)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• siddhibhāk: a recipient of success
• siddhibhāk: Predicative (Subject complement/विशेष्यविशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi-bhāj (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्धि + भाज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः; ‘भाक्’ (possessor)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caturmukha Vināyaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A four-faced Vināyaka is worshipped with perfumes, garlands, sweets, cooked foods, and refreshing drinks on Caturthī; devotees arrange offerings in orderly rows, lamps flicker, and the deity’s four faces suggest omnidirectional guardianship.

Characters & Entities

• Caturmukha Vināyaka
• Caturthī (tithi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (Caturthī) and right offerings, joined with devotion, are celebrated as means to siddhi—successful completion of dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Caturmukha Vināyaka shrine-site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Caturthī, worship Caturmukha Vināyaka with gandha, flowers, and food offerings (including modaka), to gain siddhi.