Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

मया देव्या पृथिव्या च भगदत्तः कृतो नृपः । स ते पूजां बहुविधां करिष्यति स्वसुर्यथा

Transliteration

mayā devyā pṛthivyā ca bhagadattaḥ kṛto nṛpaḥ | sa te pūjāṃ bahuvidhāṃ kariṣyati svasuryathā

Translation

由我与大地女神共同成就，婆伽达多被立为王；他将以种种供养礼拜于你，如同敬奉自己的岳父一般。

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• pṛthivyā: by the Earth
• pṛthivyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhagadattaḥ: Bhagadatta
• bhagadattaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagadatta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• kṛtaḥ: made, appointed
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• nṛpaḥ: as king
• nṛpaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (apposition)

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

• te: to you / for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) वा षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अर्थतः ‘तुभ्यम्/तव’

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bahuvidhām: of many kinds
• bahuvidhām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu-vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (बहु + विध); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पूजाम्’ इति विशेषण

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• svasuḥ: of (his) sister
• svasuḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svasṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• yathā: as, like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī and Bhūdevī confer kingship upon Bhagadatta; the king stands with folded hands, receiving a mandate to perform manifold worship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagadatta
• Pṛthivī (Earth Goddess)
• Kāmākhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kingship is portrayed as a sacred trust, validated by divine forces and expressed through continual worship and service.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The passage supports the sanctity of Kāmākhyā’s locale by linking it to divinely sanctioned royal worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bahuvidhā pūjā—many forms of worship—performed by the king for the deity.