Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

ऐहिकामुष्मिकं सर्वं पूजाकर्तुः प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

aihikāmuṣmikaṃ sarvaṃ pūjākartuḥ prayacchati

Translation

إنها تمنح العابد كلَّ شيء: رخاء الدنيا وخير الآخرة.

Word by Word

• ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्: worldly and otherworldly
• ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐहिक + आमुष्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (ऐहिकं च आमुष्मिकं च)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूजाकर्तुः: of the worshipper
• पूजाकर्तुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः कर्ता)

• प्रयच्छति: grants; bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Kumāra (Skanda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha (liṅga worship)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee before the liṅga receives twofold boon: prosperity symbols (grain, family well-being) and spiritual symbols (light, upward path); Śiva’s grace implied through radiance from the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Worshipper (pūjākartṛ)
• Merit/benefit (aihika-āmuṣmika)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship yields integrated well-being—here and hereafter—when performed in a dharmic Śaiva spirit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra region’s Śiva worship tradition; the verse states the general fruit of such worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā (worship); the result is promised as both worldly and transcendent benefit.