Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तथा चत्वरपूजां च प्रकृत्वा विधिपूर्वकम् । पश्चात्त्वां पूजयित्वा च होमं यश्च करिष्यति

Transliteration

tathā catvarapūjāṃ ca prakṛtvā vidhipūrvakam | paścāttvāṃ pūjayitvā ca homaṃ yaśca kariṣyati

Translation

اسی طرح قاعدے کے مطابق چَتوَر پوجا ادا کر کے، پھر تیری پوجا کرے؛ اور اس کے بعد جو کوئی ہوم کرے گا…

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise)

• चत्वर: crossroads, square
• चत्वर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• प्रकृत्वा: having performed
• प्रकृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having done/performed’

• विधि: rule, prescribed method
• विधि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (पूर्वपद)

• पूर्वकम्: in accordance with, duly
• पूर्वकम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverbial usage of -पूर्वकम्)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक/क्रमवाचक (adverb: afterwards)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• होमम्: fire-offering, oblation
• होमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual ground divided into four precincts; the priest offers flowers/incense to each quarter, then turns to the main deity, then lights the homa fire and begins offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Catvara (ritual precinct/crossroads)
• Homa (fire-offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses method (vidhi): orderly worship and correct sequence are integral to sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the excerpt; it remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform catvara-pūjā according to rule, then worship the deity addressed, and then perform homa.