Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्र शुक्लत्रयोदश्यां संस्नाप्य विधिना शिवम् । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्गंधधूपैरनु क्रमात् । स प्राप्नोत्यखिलं कामं मनसा यद्यदीप्सितम्

Transliteration

tatra śuklatrayodaśyāṃ saṃsnāpya vidhinā śivam | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhadhūpairanu kramāt | sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ kāmaṃ manasā yadyadīpsitam

Translation

Tại đó, vào ngày mười ba của nửa tháng sáng, sau khi tắm gội Śiva đúng theo nghi lễ, hãy lần lượt cúng dường bằng các loại hoa, hương liệu và trầm hương. Người ấy sẽ đạt được mọi điều mong cầu—bất cứ điều gì tâm ý khát nguyện.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• शुक्ल-त्रयोदश्याम्: on the bright thirteenth lunar day
• शुक्ल-त्रयोदश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; ‘on the bright (fortnight) thirteenth (tithi)’

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: संस्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — having bathed/washed (someone)

• विधिना: by the prescribed rite/method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘should worship’

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; agrees with ‘पुष्पैः’

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• गन्ध-धूपैः: with perfumes and incense
• गन्ध-धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; copulative ‘perfumes and incense’

• अनु: according to
• अनु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable ‘in accordance/after’

• क्रमात्: in due order
• क्रमात्: Hetu/Avadhi (Source/Limit—adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular used adverbially (‘in order/step by step’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Pronoun ‘he’

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘attains’

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; agrees with ‘कामम्’

• कामम्: desire (object of desire)
• कामम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• मनसा: by (his) mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular (‘by mind’)

• यत्-यत्: whatever
• यत्-यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Correlative pronoun, repeated: ‘whatever’

• ईप्सितम्: desired
• ईप्सितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: कृत (past passive participle sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘desired’; agrees with ‘यत्-यत्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citrāṅgadeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright-fortnight Trayodaśī worship: devotees bathe the liṅga with water/milk, then offer layered flowers, sandal paste, and incense; the atmosphere is fragrant and luminous, suggesting fulfillment of heartfelt wishes.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śukla Trayodaśī
• Pūjā
• Gandha
• Dhūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual performed with order and reverence at a holy site is portrayed as a means for both worldly fulfilment and spiritual uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Citrāṅgadeśvara Liṅga in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On śukla trayodaśī: abhiṣeka (ritual bathing) of Śiva followed by sequential worship with flowers, fragrance, and incense.