Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अहं वः कीर्तयिष्यामि शक्तियं मंत्रमुत्तमम् । पूजाविधानसंयुक्तं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शुभम्

Transliteration

ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaktiyaṃ maṃtramuttamam | pūjāvidhānasaṃyuktaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ śubham

Translation

میں تمہیں بہترین شاکت منتر سناؤں گا—یہ نہایت مبارک ہے، پوجا کے درست وِدھان کے ساتھ جڑا ہوا، اور بھوگ بھی دیتا ہے اور مکتی بھی۔

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वः: to you; for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचनार्थ (plural sense)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: will proclaim; will tell
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; √कीर्त् causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• शक्तियम्: Śakti (the Goddess/power)
• शक्तियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तमम्: excellent; supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजाविधानसंयुक्तम्: joined with the rules of worship
• पूजाविधानसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'connected with the procedure of worship'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: granting enjoyment and liberation
• भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'giver of enjoyment and liberation'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-parvata (implied)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa/rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A preceptor-figure announces an ‘uttama’ Śākta mantra to assembled devas, with ritual manuals and pūjā implements symbolically present; the atmosphere is auspicious and anticipatory.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Mantra
• Pūjā-vidhi (worship procedure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural worship is both experiential and disciplined: mantra with correct pūjā-vidhi yields integrated wellbeing—bhukti and mukti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is situated within the Arbuda narrative, implying the mountain as a sanctified venue for mantra and pūjā practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A Śākta mantra along with pūjā-vidhāna (rules and method of worship) is explicitly referenced.