Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यो मामत्र महाभक्त्या भट्टादित्यं प्रपूजयेत् । सहस्रशः का मरूपे संपूज्याप्नोति तत्फलम्

Transliteration

yo māmatra mahābhaktyā bhaṭṭādityaṃ prapūjayet | sahasraśaḥ kā marūpe saṃpūjyāpnoti tatphalam

Translation

凡在此处以大虔信礼拜我、称我为“Bhaṭṭāditya”者，所得功德等同于在迦摩卢波（Kāmarūpa）礼拜我千次之果。

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• महाभक्त्या: with great devotion
• महाभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती भक्ति)

• भट्टादित्यम्: Bhattāditya (the Sun as Bhattāditya)
• भट्टादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (भट्टः आदित्यः)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/Potential), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहस्रशः: a thousandfold
• सहस्रशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: a thousandfold, many times)

• का: what? (reading uncertain in context)
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्टार्थक (interrogative/indefinite)

• मरूपे: in (my) form (uncertain reading)
• मरूपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पाठभेद-संदिग्ध (सम्भाव्यं: 'मम रूपे' इति)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): having worshipped

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलम्)

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya/Āditya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devārṣi / devotee-sage (and by extension future pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs Sūrya-pūjā at the Bhaṭṭāditya shrine—offering arghya, red lotuses, incense—while a visionary overlay shows Kāmarūpa’s famed shrine landscape repeated a thousandfold as a symbolic merit-multiplier.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Bhaṭṭāditya
• Kāmarūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Place-based devotion (sthāna-viśeṣa) magnifies merit; worship at a praised tīrtha can equal vast repetitions elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate tīrtha ‘here’ where Bhaṭṭāditya is worshipped is exalted as yielding merit surpassing even repeated worship at Kāmarūpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Formal worship (pūjā) of the Sun as Bhaṭṭāditya at the indicated sacred spot.