Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं पितॄणां तृप्तिमावहेत् । दुर्वासेश्वरनामानं तत्र पूज्य विधानतः

Transliteration

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimāvahet | durvāseśvaranāmānaṃ tatra pūjya vidhānataḥ

Translation

สิ่งนี้ยังความอิ่มเอมแก่บรรพชนตลอดร้อยโกฏิกัลปะโดยครบถ้วน ที่นั่นพึงบูชาองค์ทุรวาเศศวร ผู้มีนามดังกล่าว ตามพิธีอันถูกต้อง

Word by Word

• कल्पकोटिशतम्: a hundred crores of kalpas
• कल्पकोटिशतम्: Karma (Extent/measure as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-कोटि-शत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘कल्पानां कोटिशतम्’ (a hundred crores of kalpas)

• साग्रम्: and more; exceeding
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘कल्पकोटिशतम्’ इति विशेषणम्; अर्थः—‘अधिकम्/समेतम्’ (with extra; exceeding)

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आवहेत्: would bring; should bring
• आवहेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दुर्वासेश्वरनामानम्: (the deity) named Durvāseśvara
• दुर्वासेश्वरनामानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वास-ईश्वर-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘दुर्वासेश्वर’ इति नाम यस्य (name ‘Durvāseśvara’)

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

• पूज्य: to be worshipped; should be worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive; to be worshipped), अव्ययप्राय-प्रयोगः; विधेय (should be worshipped)

• विधानतः: according to rule; duly
• विधानतः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय; तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durvāseśvara

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small stone liṅga shrine labeled Durvāseśvara; a devotee offers bilva leaves and water while a priest recites; behind, a subtle presence of sage Durvāsas (ascetic with matted hair) as the naming-source.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāseśvara
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Pūjā
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed worship at a consecrated liṅga-site is portrayed as having vast, time-transcending merit benefiting one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Durvāseśvara (a Śiva-liṅga site) in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Durvāseśvara according to proper विधि (vidhāna), framed alongside pitṛ-benefit.