Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

समंताद्दिव्यपुष्पैश्च तां देवीं समवाकिरन् । स्तुवंतो विविधैः स्तोत्रैर्नमंतो भक्तितत्पराः

Transliteration

samaṃtāddivyapuṣpaiśca tāṃ devīṃ samavākiran | stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stotrairnamaṃto bhaktitatparāḥ

Translation

ہر طرف سے انہوں نے اس دیوی پر آسمانی پھول نچھاور کیے؛ طرح طرح کے ستوتر پڑھ کر اس کی ستائش کی اور سراپا بھکتی بن کر سجدۂ تعظیم بجا لائے۔

Word by Word

• samantāt: from all sides, all around
• samantāt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: ‘from all sides/around’)

• divya-puṣpaiḥ: with divine flowers
• divya-puṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘divine flowers’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• devīm: the Goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samavākiran: they showered/strewed (upon)
• samavākiran: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ava-√kṛ (धातु; ‘to scatter, strew’)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• stuvantaḥ: praising
• stuvantaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √stu (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• vividhaiḥ: various
• vividhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘stotra’)

• stotraiḥ: with hymns
• stotraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• namantaḥ: bowing
• namantaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• bhakti-tatparāḥ: devotionally intent, devoted
• bhakti-tatparāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + tatpara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (locative/commitment sense: ‘intent on devotion’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra Devi-sannidhi

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas encircle the Goddess, raining divine blossoms from all directions; some sing hymns with folded hands, others bow low; the air is thick with petals and sacred sound.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory culminates in gratitude: worship through praise, offerings, and humility is the dharmic response to divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Varaparvata, where celestial-style worship (flowers and hymns) models how devotees may honor the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Flower-offering (puṣpārpaṇa/arcana), hymn-recitation (stotra), and prostration (namaskāra) are described as acts of devotion.