Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कांचनं जायते तत्र यदि तुष्टो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

kāṃcanaṃ jāyate tatra yadi tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

তাত সোণ উৎপন্ন হয়—যদি মহেশ্বৰ (শিৱ) সন্তুষ্ট হন।

Word by Word

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘is born/comes into being’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महेश्वरः)

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभावः: ‘great lord’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a ritual vessel or prepared substance gleams as gold manifests, while an unseen Maheśvara’s grace is suggested by a Śiva-linga aura or crescent-moon motif.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All attainments are ultimately dependent on divine grace; results manifest when Maheśvara is genuinely pleased.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva’s favor is presented as especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the outcome—gold arises—conditional upon pleasing Maheśvara through the preceding practice.