Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । स प्राप्नोति परं स्थानं य्रत्र देवो जनार्दनः

Transliteration

yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | sa prāpnoti paraṃ sthānaṃ yratra devo janārdanaḥ

Translation

凡以虔敬之心次第供奉彼者——献香、献花及诸供品——必得至上之境，乃主宰阇那尔达那（Janārdana）所居之处。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular relative pronoun

• तम्: him/that (liṅga/deity)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular pronoun

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 3rd person singular present

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Means/manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिभिः: with scents, flowers, etc.
• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (गन्धपुष्पयोः समाहारः) + ‘आदि’ (etc.)

• क्रमात्: in order, successively
• क्रमात्: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative singular used adverbially (‘in due order/gradually’)

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

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular present

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular adjective

• स्थानम्: abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक) — relative adverb ‘where’

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (name of Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator stating the phala (fruit) of worship in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs sequential worship to Janārdana—applying sandal fragrance, offering flowers, lamps, and incense—while the vision of the ‘supreme abode’ is hinted in the background as a radiant Vaikuṇṭha-like realm.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ordered, heartfelt worship (bhakti-yukta pūjā) leads the devotee toward the highest divine state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is a general phala statement within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), and related upacāras offered kramāt (in proper order).