Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

विज्ञाय शिवपूजाया माहात्म्यं तत्प्रभावतः । ननाम दंडवद्भूमौ स्वमातुरघशांतये

Transliteration

vijñāya śivapūjāyā māhātmyaṃ tatprabhāvataḥ | nanāma daṃḍavadbhūmau svamāturaghaśāṃtaye

Translation

Nhờ chính điềm kỳ diệu ấy mà hiểu được đại oai đức của việc thờ phụng Śiva, cậu phủ phục dāṇḍavat xuống đất, cầu cho tội lỗi của mẹ được lắng dịu.

Word by Word

• vijñāya: having understood
• vijñāya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु) उपसर्गः vi-
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having understood/known’

• śiva-pūjāyāḥ: of Śiva-worship
• śiva-pūjāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (śiva-pūjā = ‘worship of Śiva’)

• māhātmyam: the greatness
• māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tat-prabhāvataḥ: due to its power
• tat-prabhāvataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (हेतु/ablative of cause), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘due to that influence/power’)

• nanāma: bowed down
• nanāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• daṇḍavat: prostrate (fully)
• daṇḍavat: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: daṇḍavat (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘like a staff/fully prostrate’

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• sva-mātuḥ: of his own mother
• sva-mātuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (sva-mātṛ = ‘one’s own mother’)

• agha-śāntaye: for the removal of sin
• agha-śāntaye: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (agha-śānti = ‘pacification of sin’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śiva-pūjā (liṅga-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The boy lies fully prostrate like a staff before the jewel-set liṅga, his gesture conveying surrender and a heartfelt wish to calm his mother’s sin; the sanctum glows with crystal-white and gold light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śiva-pūjā
• Bālaka
• Mother

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A devotee responds to wrongdoing not with hatred but with humility and prayer for the offender’s purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse glorifies Śiva-pūjā itself and the salvific power of devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) is presented as an act aligned with repentance and seeking śānti.