Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूज यते भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पैर्विधानतः । कोटिपूजाफलं तस्य तथेत्याह सदाशिवः

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūja yate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpairvidhānataḥ | koṭipūjāphalaṃ tasya tathetyāha sadāśivaḥ

Translation

جو کوئی طریقۂ شریعت کے مطابق خوشبو اور پھولوں سے عقیدت کے ساتھ اُس کی پوجا کرتا ہے، اسے کروڑ پوجاؤں کا پھل ملتا ہے—یوں سداشیو نے فرمایا۔

Word by Word

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

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

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• गन्धपुष्पैः: with perfumes and flowers
• गन्धपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धपुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समास: गन्ध + पुष्प (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• विधानतः: according to prescribed rite
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = 'according to rule/method'

• कोटिपूजाफलम्: the fruit of a crore of worships
• कोटिपूजाफलम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि + पूजा + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समास: कोट्या पूजायाः फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakyopapadana (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समास: सदा + शिव (नित्यः शिवः)

Speaker

Śiva (Sadāśiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarveśvara/Bahusuvarṇa (Bahusuvarṇaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs orderly liṅga-pūjā at Sarveśvara: applying sandal paste and offering fresh flowers; the sanctum glows, and an unseen Sadāśiva ‘assents’ to the merit, symbolized by a radiant aura.

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Bahusuvarṇēśvara (context)
• Pūjā
• Gandha
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper, devoted worship at a powerful tīrtha multiplies merit immensely, highlighting bhakti guided by vidhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahusuvarṇēśvara/Sarveśvara shrine in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with gandha (fragrance) and puṣpa (flowers) performed vidhānataḥ (per proper procedure).