Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते देवि दिव्यपुष्पोपहारकैः । स भवेत्कृतकृत्यस्तु सर्वकामैः समृद्धिमान्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate devi divyapuṣpopahārakaiḥ | sa bhavetkṛtakṛtyastu sarvakāmaiḥ samṛddhimān

Translation

Ôi Nữ Thần, ai thờ phụng Ngài bằng lễ vật là những đóa hoa thiêng liêng thì sẽ trở thành người viên mãn bổn phận đời mình, và được sung túc mọi điều mong cầu.

Word by Word

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

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

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• दिव्यपुष्पोपहारकैः: with divine flower-offerings
• दिव्यपुष्पोपहारकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-पुष्प-उपहारक (प्रातिपदिक; दिव्य + पुष्प + उपहारक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दिव्यानि पुष्पाणि उपहाराः येषां ते/उपहारकाः) साधनवाचक

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• कृतकृत्यः: one who has accomplished his duty
• कृतकृत्यः: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + कृत्य)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कृतं कृत्यं येन)

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• सर्वकामैः: with all desired objects
• सर्वकामैः: Sahacarya/Hetu (Accompaniment/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-काम (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + काम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वे कामाः)

• समृद्धिमान्: prosperous; endowed with abundance
• समृद्धिमान्: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समृद्धि-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; समृद्धि + मतुप्)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (implied from the adhyāya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhārgaveśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a cascade of flowers to a decorated Śiva-liṅga; lamps flicker; the deity’s presence is suggested by radiance; the devotee’s face shows serenity and fulfilled purpose.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Bhārgaveśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship (pūjā) offered with purity and beauty is portrayed as leading to both worldly fulfillment and a sense of spiritual completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bhārgaveśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose worship is said to grant broad auspicious results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship with offerings of flowers (divya-puṣpa-upahāra) is recommended.