Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तस्यै निवेद्याथ ततः कर्म समारभेत् । तद्वरेणाखिलं कर्म अविघ्नेन हि सिद्धति । हेमंते शिशिरे प्राप्ते पूजयेद्धर्मपुत्रिकाम्

Transliteration

tasmāttasyai nivedyātha tataḥ karma samārabhet | tadvareṇākhilaṃ karma avighnena hi siddhati | hemaṃte śiśire prāpte pūjayeddharmaputrikām

Translation

Darum soll man es zuerst Ihr darbringen und dann das Werk beginnen. Durch Ihre Gunst wird jedes Vorhaben wahrlich ohne Hindernis vollendet. Wenn Hemanta und Śiśira (die Winterzeiten) eintreten, verehre man Dharmaputrikā.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that)

• तस्यै: to her
• तस्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन

• निवेद्य: having informed/offered
• निवेद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) → निवेद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थ (absolutive/gerund); “having informed/offered”

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• कर्म: the rite/action
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समारभेत्: should begin, should undertake
• समारभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विध्यर्थ (should begin)

• तत्: by that
• तत्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; साधनार्थे (by that)

• वरेण: by (her) boon
• वरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; “boon/favor”

• अखिलम्: entire, all
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: the act/rite
• कर्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अविघ्नेन: without hindrance
• अविघ्नेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; नञ्-समासभाव (without obstacle)

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

• सिद्धति: succeeds, is accomplished
• सिद्धति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• हेमन्ते: in Hemanta (early winter)
• हेमन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• शिशिरे: in Śiśira (late winter)
• शिशिरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when attained/when arrived)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; विध्यर्थ (should worship)

• धर्मपुत्रिकाम्: Dharmaputrikā (daughter of Dharma)
• धर्मपुत्रिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + पुत्रिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य पुत्रिका)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual beginning: offerings placed before a Devī icon; the atmosphere suggests winter—cool light, shawls, and incense—while the teacher explains that her boon grants avighna-siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmaputrikā
• Śrīmātā
• Hemanta
• Śiśira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All actions prosper when begun with devotion and offering to the Goddess, who grants obstacle-free accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred landscape; emphasis is on seasonal worship within that sanctified setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer first to the Goddess, then begin the rite; worship Dharmaputrikā particularly in Hemanta and Śiśira.