Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा वरारोहे ह्यभिन्नेनान्तरात्मना । ब्रह्माणं केशवं रुद्रमेकरूपेण पूज येत्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā varārohe hyabhinnenāntarātmanā | brahmāṇaṃ keśavaṃ rudramekarūpeṇa pūja yet

Translation

یوں جان کر، اے خوش اندام، باطن کی روح کو غیر منقسم سمجھتے ہوئے برہما، کیشو اور رودر کی ایک ہی روپ میں عبادت کرنی چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having known’

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): emphasis/indeed

• अभिन्नेन: with the undivided
• अभिन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अन्तरात्मना)

• अन्तरात्मना: by the inner Self
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अन्तरः आत्मा)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• केशवम्: Keśava
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• एकरूपेण: as one form; in a unified manner
• एकरूपेण: Karana (Manner/प्रकार-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; साधन/प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from continuity and the instruction to Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī is instructed that, knowing the non-dual inner Self, one should worship Brahmā, Keśava, and Rudra as one unified form—an iconographic fusion or a single altar receiving triadic names.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Devī
• Antarātman (Inner Self)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is grounded in non-dual awareness, honoring the Trideva as one Reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where unified worship and non-sectarian devotion are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A worship guideline is given: perform pūjā to Brahmā, Viṣṇu (Keśava), and Rudra as one single form, with an undivided inner awareness.