Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 156

Devanagari script

इत्येष ते मया ख्यातः प्रतिमापूजने विधिः

Transliteration

ityeṣa te mayā khyātaḥ pratimāpūjane vidhiḥ

Translation

پس یوں، میں نے تمہیں مُرتی کی پوجا کا یہ طریقہ بیان کر دیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/Genitive or 4th/Dative), एकवचन; अत्र प्रायः चतुर्थी (तुभ्यम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• ख्यातः: made known; declared
• ख्यातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय-विशेषणम्

• प्रतिमापूजने: in the worship of an image
• प्रतिमापूजने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा + पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रतिमायाः पूजनम्)

• विधिः: procedure; rule
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from concluding instructional formula in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arkasthala/Arka-sthala sub-site)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified interlocutor (inquirer)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator concludes the instruction on pratimā-pūjā, gesturing toward a radiant Sūrya image within the Prabhāsa sacred precinct; attendants hold offerings and water-vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural guidance (śāstra-vidhi) is presented as a reliable path for devotion practiced with clarity and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Prabhāsakṣetra where such worship is taught as especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It marks the completion of the described pratimā-pūjā procedure.