Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाश्च नमस्कारप्रदानतः । अष्टैश्वर्यादिसिद्धीनां जप एव हि कारणम्

Transliteration

dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca namaskārapradānataḥ | aṣṭaiśvaryādisiddhīnāṃ japa eva hi kāraṇam

Translation

من تقديم السجود والتحية بخشوع تنشأ الدارما والأرثا والكاما، بل وحتى الموكشا؛ ولتحصيل السِّدهي كالأيشفاريا الثمانية، فإن الجَپا وحده هو السبب حقًّا.

Word by Word

• धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाः: dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa
• धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाः: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + अर्थ + काम + मोक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (enumerative copulative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नमस्कारप्रदानतः: from offering salutations
• नमस्कारप्रदानतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कार-प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक; नमस्कार + प्रदान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतुवाचक

• अष्टैश्वर्यादिसिद्धीनाम्: of the eight powers and other attainments
• अष्टैश्वर्यादिसिद्धीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट-ऐश्वर्य-आदि-सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट + ऐश्वर्य + आदि + सिद्धि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• जपः: japa (repetition)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतौ निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• कारणम्: cause, means
• कारणम्: Karya-karana-bhava (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs full prostration (namaskāra) before Śiva; beside them a japa-mālā and a calm seated posture suggests sustained mantra repetition; subtle aura hints at siddhi yet grounded in serenity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble reverence supports all human aims, while steady mantra-japa is singled out as the engine of higher spiritual powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a general teaching on sādhanā (namaskāra and japa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice namaskāra (reverent salutations) and undertake japa (mantra repetition) for siddhi.