Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । अद्य मे सफलं स्थानं काजेशानां समागमात्

Transliteration

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ | adya me saphalaṃ sthānaṃ kājeśānāṃ samāgamāt

Translation

আজ আমার জন্ম সার্থক, আজ আমার তপস্যা সার্থক। আজ এখানে আমার অবস্থানও সার্থক, কারণ ঈশ্বরসমূহের মঙ্গলময় সমাগম ঘটেছে।

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थानम्: place, abode
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• काजेशानाम्: of the Kājeśas (a group/name)
• काजेशानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काजेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• समागमात्: from meeting; due to the assembly
• समागमात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama exclaims that his birth, austerity, and even his standing in that place are fulfilled because of the auspicious gathering of divine lords in Dharmāraṇya.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Dharmāraṇya
• Kājeśāḥ (contextual divine lords/assembly)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a holy assembly in a sacred place makes life, austerity, and one’s presence spiritually ‘fulfilled’ (saphala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where the divine assembly occurs, making the place itself spiritually potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on the merit of being present at a sacred gathering in the tīrtha.