Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमृद्धः स्यात्स नरो नास्ति संशयः । भुक्त्वेह सकलान्भोगान्देहांते मुक्तिमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamṛddhaḥ syātsa naro nāsti saṃśayaḥ | bhuktveha sakalānbhogāndehāṃte muktimāpnuyāt

Translation

ذلك الرجل يغدو غنيّاً بالمال والزرع، ولا شكّ في ذلك. وبعد أن يتمتّع هنا بكلّ اللذّات، ينال عند نهاية الجسد الموكشا.

Word by Word

• dhana-dhānya-samṛddhaḥ: prosperous in wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samṛddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samṛddha (कृदन्त; सम्+ऋध्/वृध् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः (धनेन धान्येन च समृद्धः)

• syāt: would be; should become
• syāt: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• naraḥ: man
• naraḥ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• asti: is
• asti: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhuktvā: having enjoyed
• bhuktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhuj (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया ‘भुक्त्वा’ = having enjoyed

• iha: here (in this world)
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• sakalān: all
• sakalān: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• bhogān: enjoyments
• bhogān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• dehānte: at the end of the body (at death)
• dehānte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (देहस्य अन्ते)

• muktim: liberation
• muktim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would attain
• āpnuyāt: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (implied, concluding promise of fruits)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmītīrtha (via its māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee returns from tīrtha with overflowing granaries and calm radiance; in the background, a luminous path symbolizes liberation at life’s end.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmītīrtha (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma harmonizes artha (prosperity) with the highest aim, mokṣa, through sacred practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Lakṣmītīrtha (by immediate chapter context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; it concludes the promised fruits associated with the tīrtha’s māhātmya and its devotional engagement.