Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

यस्तानि पुरुषः सम्यक्पूजयेद्भक्तिभावितः । स लभेच्चाखिलान्कामान्वांछितान्स्वेन चेतसा

Transliteration

yastāni puruṣaḥ samyakpūjayedbhaktibhāvitaḥ | sa labheccākhilānkāmānvāṃchitānsvena cetasā

Translation

جو شخص بھکتی کے جذبے سے سرشار ہو کر ان (لِنگوں) کی درست طریقے سے پوجا کرے، وہ اپنے دل میں چاہی ہوئی تمام مرادیں پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• पुरुषः: a person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), यथाविधि/सम्यगर्थे

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: पूज् (to worship)

• भक्तिभावितः: filled with devotion
• भक्तिभावितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भावित (कृदन्त from √भू/√भाव् in causative sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या भावितः = devotion-inspired)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: लभ् (to obtain)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्)

• कामान्: desires
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• वाञ्छितान्: desired, wished-for
• वाञ्छितान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्)

• स्वेन: with his own
• स्वेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (चेतसा)

• चेतसा: mind
• चेतसा: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing the māhātmya statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga(s) of the local kṣetra (including Dhṛtarāṣṭra-sthāpita liṅga; names not specified)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee before multiple liṅgas in a sanctum or temple courtyard, offering water, bilva leaves, flowers, and lamps with intense devotion; a subtle aura suggests blessings and fulfilment of heartfelt wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅgas
• Bhakti (devotion)
• Kāma (desired aims)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship performed with devotion is presented as spiritually efficacious, yielding both inner and outer fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the worship of the installed liṅgas is praised with a results-statement (phalaśruti).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sincere and proper pūjā (worship) of the liṅgas, explicitly requiring bhakti-bhāva (devotional disposition).