Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

सफलं तस्य तत्सर्वं नान्यथा रुद्रनंदन

Transliteration

saphalaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ nānyathā rudranaṃdana

Translation

يا ابن رودرا، إن ذلك كلَّه لا يصير مثمرًا له حقًّا إلا هكذا—ولا يكون على غير ذلك.

Word by Word

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him/that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• तत्-सर्वम्: all that
• तत्-सर्वम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘तत्’ इति विशेषणम्

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: otherwise)

• रुद्र-नन्दन: O son of Rudra
• रुद्र-नन्दन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Keśava (Viṣṇu) (continuation of the preceding instruction)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Rudranandana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, emphatic utterance addressed to Rudra’s son: only dharma-dedicated power becomes fruitful—an austere moment of certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Rudranandana)
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Success (saphalatā) is defined by dharmic use of one’s capacities; otherwise achievements are spiritually barren.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this concluding line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal conclusion reinforcing the prior exhortation.