Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पशुपुष्पोपहारैश्च बलिदानैः पृथग्विधैः । संतुष्टिं शीघ्रमायाति शेषोऽशेषाघनाशनः

Transliteration

paśupuṣpopahāraiśca balidānaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | saṃtuṣṭiṃ śīghramāyāti śeṣo'śeṣāghanāśanaḥ

Translation

جانوروں کی نذر، پھولوں کے نذرانے اور طرح طرح کی بَلی پیشکشوں سے، تمام گناہوں کو مٹانے والے شیش ناگ جلد ہی راضی ہو جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• पशु-पुष्प-उपहारैः: by offerings of animals and flowers
• पशु-पुष्प-उपहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—पशूनां पुष्पाणां च उपहारैः (समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष-प्राय)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलिदानैः: by oblations/sacrificial gifts
• बलिदानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• पृथक्-विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथक्-विधैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—(उपहारैः/बलिदानैः)

• संतुष्टिम्: satisfaction
• संतुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative)

• आयाति: attains/comes
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• शेषः: Śeṣa
• शेषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अ-शेष-अघ-नाशनः: destroyer of all sin without remainder
• अ-शेष-अघ-नाशनः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + अघ (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—अशेषं अघं नाशयति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय विशेषण)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Śeṣa-mahātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (frame typical; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers garlands and ritual bali before a coiled, many-hooded Śeṣa icon/shrine near the sea-temple precinct; attendants hold trays of flowers and lamps; the deity radiates protective calm.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere, appropriate offerings made in a tīrtha context are said to swiftly invoke divine satisfaction and the removal of sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Śeṣa-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implying this sacred region as the worship setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering flowers and various bali-presentations (and mentions of paśu-offerings) as part of Śeṣa worship.