Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अथ रुद्रः समुत्थाय कृतवान्गौरवं बहु । ततो यथोचितां पूजां न दक्षो बहु मन्यते

Transliteration

atha rudraḥ samutthāya kṛtavāngauravaṃ bahu | tato yathocitāṃ pūjāṃ na dakṣo bahu manyate

Translation

پھر رُدر اٹھ کھڑا ہوا اور بہت تعظیم و تکریم کی۔ مگر دَکش نے مناسب حد تک کی گئی پوجا کو زیادہ قدر کی نگاہ سے نہ دیکھا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (particle: then/now)

• रुद्रः: Rudra (Śiva)
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘उत्थाय’

• कृतवान्: did, performed
• कृतवान्: Karta (कर्ता/Agent, agreeing with रुद्रः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्तवतु/Perfect participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• गौरवम्: honour, respect
• गौरवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• बहु: much, great
• बहु: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—गौरवम्

• ततः: therefore/then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (adverb: therefore/then/from that)

• यथोचिताम्: proper, as is fitting
• यथोचिताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा + उचित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—पूजाम्; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (यथा + उचित)

• पूजाम्: worship, honouring
• पूजाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• बहु: much, greatly
• बहु: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial use: much/very)

• मन्यते: thinks, considers
• मन्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (within Īśvara’s discourse context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative) / Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva rises to honor Dakṣa with appropriate worship; Dakṣa, stiff with pride, turns away or shows displeasure, while attendants sense the coming rupture.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego blinds one to genuine reverence; dharma is upheld by humility and right appreciation of honor given.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as moral narrative inside Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references yathocita-pūjā (fitting worship) as a norm of conduct, without detailing a specific rite.