Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गंधपुष्पानुलेपनैः । हेमं दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यः स गच्छेत्परमं पदम्

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṃdhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ | hemaṃ dattvā dvijātibhyaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam

Translation

Ai với lòng sùng kính thờ phụng liṅga ấy bằng hương thơm, hoa và dầu xoa, lại bố thí vàng cho hàng lưỡng sinh, người ấy đạt đến cảnh giới tối thượng.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• pūjayate: worships
• pūjayate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-अर्थे

• gandha-puṣpa-anulepanaiḥ: with perfumes, flowers, and unguents
• gandha-puṣpa-anulepanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (gandhāḥ ca puṣpāṇi ca anulepanāni ca)

• hemam: gold
• hemam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having given)

• dvijātibhyaḥ: to the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• dvijātibhyaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम

• gacchet: would go / should attain
• gacchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• padam: state/abode
• padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; māhātmya phala-śruti style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalakaleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of pilgrims/seekers; verse addresses the general ‘whoever’ (yaḥ).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers sandal paste, flowers, and perfume to the liṅga; nearby, the devotee respectfully gives a gold coin/ornament to a dvija. Above, a luminous ‘paramaṃ padam’ is suggested as a radiant, formless light or a Śiva-abode.

Characters & Entities

• Kalakaleśvara
• Dvijāti (twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti joined with reverent worship and charitable giving becomes a complete dharmic path leading to the highest good.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kalakaleśvara-liṅga in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with gandha-puṣpa-anulepana and dāna of gold (hema) to dvijātis.