Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

पूजितं तद्विधानेन तेन तत्पुष्करेश्वरम् । ख्यातं तत्र वरारोहे सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

pūjitaṃ tadvidhānena tena tatpuṣkareśvaram | khyātaṃ tatra varārohe sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

اس نے مقررہ وِدھی کے مطابق پوجا کی، اسی سبب وہ (لِنگ) وہاں ‘پُشکرایشور’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا، اے خوش اندام بانو، جو تمام پاپوں کا ناس کرنے والا ہے۔

Word by Word

• pūjitam: worshipped, honored
• pūjitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle (PPP)

• tadvidhānena: by that prescribed procedure
• tadvidhānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य विधानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; instrumental

• tatpuṣkareśvaram: that Puṣkareśvara (lord of Puṣkara)
• tatpuṣkareśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत्-सम्बद्धः पुष्करेश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative

• khyātam: is renowned/known
• khyātam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (धातु) + -ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; PPP

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• varārohe: O fair-hipped one
• varārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरः आरोहः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkareśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga is shown receiving orderly worship (vidhāna): water, sandal, flowers, lamps; a subtle visual metaphor of sins dissolving (dark smoke dispersing) around the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkareśvara
• Sanatkumāra
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual performed with correct vidhi and faith transforms a place into a renowned tīrtha that purifies karmic faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkareśvara at Prabhāsa Kṣetra, praised as ‘sarva-pātaka-nāśana’ (destroyer of all sins).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship ‘according to prescribed rite’ (tadvidhānena)—i.e., following proper pūjā procedure.