Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

सर्वपापक्षयकरी सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशिनी । शिवपूजा मया ख्याता सर्वाभीष्टवरप्रदा

Transliteration

sarvapāpakṣayakarī sarvadāridryanāśinī | śivapūjā mayā khyātā sarvābhīṣṭavarapradā

Translation

আমার দ্বারা ঘোষিত এই শিবপূজা সর্বপাপক্ষয়কারী, সর্বদারিদ্র্যনাশিনী এবং সকল অভীষ্ট বরপ্রদায়িনী।

Word by Word

• सर्वपापक्षयकरी: causing destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयकरी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + करिन्/करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarvapāpānāṃ kṣayaṃ karoti) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

• सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशिनी: destroyer of all poverty
• सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशिनी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिन्/नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarvadāridryasya nāśinī) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

• शिवपूजा: worship of Śiva
• शिवपूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śivasya pūjā) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; genitive tatpuruṣa)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular; pronoun)

• ख्याता: has been declared/taught
• ख्याता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (PPP; Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• सर्वाभीष्टवरप्रदा: giver of all desired boons
• सर्वाभीष्टवरप्रदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarvāṇi abhīṣṭāni varāṃś ca pradadāti) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the snippet; self-referential 'mayā khyātā' indicates the teaching-authority within the dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva-pūjā radiates as a cleansing light: dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve; a poor household becomes prosperous (filled granary, calm faces); Śiva’s blessing hand implied through aura over the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva worship is portrayed as a complete purifier—removing pāpa and dāridrya while aligning life with dharma and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse praises Śiva-pūjā itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states results (phalaśruti); the implied practice is Śiva-pūjā (in this chapter, especially at Pradoṣa).