Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

यद्यप्ययं त्रिभुवने अर्थोऽस्माकं पराग्नहि । तथाप्यन्यप्रार्थितो हि तस्यैव फलदो भवेत्

Transliteration

yadyapyayaṃ tribhuvane artho'smākaṃ parāgnahi | tathāpyanyaprārthito hi tasyaiva phalado bhavet

Translation

যদিও ত্ৰিভুবনত এই ধন সত্যই আমাৰ নহয়, তথাপি আনৰ প্ৰাৰ্থনাত দান কৰিলে সেই দাতাৰেই ফলদায়ক (পুণ্যদায়ক) হয়।

Word by Word

• यद्यपि: although
• यद्यपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-समुच्चय (concessive particle)

• अयम्: this (man/one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• त्रिभुवने: in the three worlds
• त्रिभुवने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; त्रिभुवन = त्रीणि भुवनानि (the three worlds)

• अर्थः: wealth/means
• अर्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; genitive pronoun

• पराग्नहि: indeed not (far/alien)
• पराग्नहि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराक् (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + न (अव्यय) + हि (अव्यय)
• Form: पाठभेद/सन्धि-समाससदृश; पराक् = दूरम्/विपरीतम् (away), न = negation, हि = emphatic particle

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (concessive: nevertheless)

• अन्यप्रार्थितः: requested by another
• अन्यप्रार्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रार्थित (कृदन्त; √अर्थ/√प्रार्थ् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्य-प्रार्थित = अन्येन प्रार्थितः (requested by another)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• फलदः: fruit-giving
• फलदः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक) + द (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √दा धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; फल-द = फलम् ददाति इति (fruit-giving)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor placing coins/cloth/food into the hands of a petitioner; behind them, a faint symbolic backdrop of the three worlds to show ‘non-ownership’, while a subtle aura indicates merit returning to the giver.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth is not ultimately ‘ours’; treating it as stewardship and giving when asked yields spiritual fruit (puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned; the teaching is universal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna in response to a worthy request is praised as phala-producing for the giver.