Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

पूजोपकरणद्रव्यं यो घंटा गडुकादिकम् । भक्त्या मे भवने दद्यात्स वसेदत्र मेंतिके

Transliteration

pūjopakaraṇadravyaṃ yo ghaṃṭā gaḍukādikam | bhaktyā me bhavane dadyātsa vasedatra meṃtike

Translation

جو شخص بھکتی کے ساتھ میرے مندر میں پوجا کے سامان—جیسے گھنٹی، گڑوا (پانی کا لوٹا) وغیرہ—نذر کرے، وہ یہاں میرے قریب سکونت پائے گا۔

Word by Word

• pūjā-upakaraṇa-dravyam: materials/articles for worship implements
• pūjā-upakaraṇa-dravyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + upakaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dravya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः उपकरणं तस्य द्रव्यम्)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• ghaṃṭā: a bell
• ghaṃṭā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṃṭā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• gaḍuka-ādikam: a water-pot etc.
• gaḍuka-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaḍuka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (gaḍuka-ādi = gaḍuka आदि यस्मिन्)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-अर्थे

• me: of me / my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavane: in (my) house/abode
• bhavane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vaset: should dwell
• vaset: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• me: of me / my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• antike: near (me)
• antike: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्तिकम्) / अथवा पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण; (पाठभेदः: मेंतिके = मे अन्तिके)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from first-person ‘me bhavane… me antike’ within Skanda’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (typically sages/Śaunaka-group or a principal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee respectfully presents a bell and water-pot to the temple storehouse before Viśveśvara; priests arrange the items for daily worship as the sanctum lamp glows.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Viśveśvara
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting worship through tangible temple gifts is a direct form of bhakti that brings intimacy with Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śiva’s abode in Kāśī—especially the Viśveśvara-centered sacred precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donating pūjā implements (ghaṇṭā, gaḍuka, etc.) to the temple as an act of devotional service.