Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या नृत्यगीतादिवादनैः । होमजाप्यैः समाधिस्थः स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā nṛtyagītādivādanaiḥ | homajāpyaiḥ samādhisthaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

جو شخص اخلاصِ بھکتی کے ساتھ—رقص، گیت اور سازوں کی نغمگی کے ذریعے—اور ہوم، جپِ منتر اور سمادھی میں قائم رہ کر اُس کی پوجا کرے، وہ پرم گتی کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

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

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नृत्य-गीत-आदि-वादनैः: with dance, song, and other music/performances
• नृत्य-गीत-आदि-वादनैः: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य + गीत + आदि (अव्यय) + वादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समाहार/सूची-समास (नृत्यं गीतं च आदयः; तैः वादनैः)

• होम-जाप्यैः: with oblations and muttered prayers
• होम-जाप्यैः: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (होमैः च जाप्यैः च)

• समाधि-स्थः: abiding in samādhi
• समाधि-स्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (समाधौ स्थितः)

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

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇeśvara (within Rāmeśvara-kṣetra, Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee before a Śiva-liṅga in Prabhāsa: dancers and singers with vīṇā/mṛdaṅga, a small homa-kuṇḍa blazing, and the worshipper seated in samādhi as lamps flicker in sea-breeze.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇeśvara (implied)
• Liṅga (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Integrated devotion—ritual (homa), mantra (japa), aesthetic offering (music/dance), and meditation (samādhi)—is praised as leading to the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Lakṣmaṇeśvara shrine within the Rāmeśvara sacred region of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of the chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā supported by nṛtya-gīta-vādya, homa, and japa, with the worshipper cultivating samādhi.