Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सर्वकामसमृद्धस्य यज्ञस्य फलमश्नुते । गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यस्तु पूजयेत्कनकेश्वरम्

Transliteration

sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśnute | gandhapuṣpādibhiryastu pūjayetkanakeśvaram

Translation

Er erlangt die Frucht eines Yajña, das mit allen gewünschten Zielen erfüllt ist. Und wer Kanakeśvara mit Düften, Blumen und dergleichen verehrt…

Word by Word

• सर्वकामसमृद्धस्य: of (a sacrifice) endowed with all desired objects
• सर्वकामसमृद्धस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Genitive qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभाव: ‘सर्वैः कामैः समृद्धः’); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यज्ञस्य)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अश्नुते: obtains
• अश्नुते: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘enjoys/obtains’

• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पादिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (द्वन्द्व-समाहारभाव + आदि: ‘गन्ध-पुष्प-आदि’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कनकेश्वरम्: Kanakeśvara (Śiva)
• कनकेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनकेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kanakeśvara (within the associated tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee offers fragrant sandal paste and heaps of flowers to a Śiva-liṅga titled Kanakeśvara; ritual trays with incense, lamps, and water vessels; the atmosphere suggests a yajña’s completeness without a fire-altar dominating.

Characters & Entities

• Kanakeśvara
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple offerings made with devotion at a sanctified site can yield the merit of great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha and shrine of Kanakeśvara within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Kanakeśvara using gandha (fragrance), puṣpa (flowers), and related offerings.