Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एतैः सरोरुहैर्देवं पूजयामि महेश्वरम् । ततो मया सभार्येण रुद्रेशः संप्रपूजितः

Transliteration

etaiḥ saroruhairdevaṃ pūjayāmi maheśvaram | tato mayā sabhāryeṇa rudreśaḥ saṃprapūjitaḥ

Translation

ان کنول کے پھولوں سے میں دیو مہیشور کی پوجا کرتا ہوں۔ پھر میں نے اپنی زوجہ کے ساتھ رُدرِیش کی باقاعدہ عبادت کی۔

Word by Word

• एतैः: with these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (with these)

• सरोरुहैः: with lotuses
• सरोरुहैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरोरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महेश्वरम्: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषण/नाम

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/परिणाम (then/thereupon)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• स-भार्येण: together with (my) wife
• स-भार्येण: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः ‘सह भार्यया’ (together with wife)

• रुद्रेशः: Rudreśa (Śiva)
• रुद्रेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्रेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• संप्रपूजितः: was duly worshipped
• संप्रपूजितः: Kriya (Passive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्र+√पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was duly worshipped)

Speaker

Rājā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Rudreśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee and his wife stand before a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, offering fresh lotuses with folded hands; lamps glow in the sanctum; the sea-breeze and temple banners suggest the coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Rudreśa
• Wife (bhāryā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple offerings made with devotion—like lotuses—become powerful acts of worship when directed to Maheśvara in a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa region; the immediate ritual follows the Padmaka Tīrtha context described just before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā using lotuses, performed jointly by husband and wife (sa-bhārya worship).