Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

प्रथमं बकुलार्कस्य श्रीमातुश्चैव मानवः । भागं दद्याच्च निर्विघ्नकार्यसिद्ध्यै निरन्तरम्

Transliteration

prathamaṃ bakulārkasya śrīmātuścaiva mānavaḥ | bhāgaṃ dadyācca nirvighnakāryasiddhyai nirantaram

Translation

Zuerst soll der Mensch einen Anteil Bakulārka und ebenso Śrīmātṛ darbringen, damit das Gelingen seines Vorhabens ununterbrochen und ohne Hindernisse sei.

Word by Word

• प्रथमम्: first; at the beginning
• प्रथमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘प्रथमम्’ = first/at first

• बकुलार्कस्य: of Bakulārka
• बकुलार्कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बकुल + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘बकुलार्क’ (तत्पुरुषः) + ‘स्य’ = of Bakulārka

• श्रीमातुः: of the revered mother
• श्रीमातुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘श्रीमातृ’ = revered mother; ‘श्रीमातुः’ = of the revered mother

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle): and

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण particle): indeed/just

• मानवः: a man; person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भागम्: a share; portion
• भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दद्याच्: should give
• दद्याच्: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle): and

• निर्विघ्नकार्यसिद्ध्यै: for the unobstructed accomplishment of the task
• निर्विघ्नकार्यसिद्ध्यै: Sampradāna (Purpose/recipient; हेतु/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्विघ्न + कार्य + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; ‘निर्विघ्न-कार्य-सिद्धि’ (तत्पुरुषसमासः) = accomplishment of work without obstacles; ‘-यै’ = for

• निरन्तरम्: continuously
• निरन्तरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निरन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): continuously, without interruption

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (with Bakulārka and Śrīmātṛ as kṣetra-devatās)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim/householder at the threshold of a sacred forest-kshetra offers the first portion of food/flowers to a radiant Sūrya-shrine (Bakulārka) and to a mother-goddess shrine (Śrīmātṛ), seeking uninterrupted success.

Characters & Entities

• Bakulārka
• Śrīmātṛ (Mother Goddess)
• Sūrya/Arka (implied by -ārka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Begin every auspicious act by honoring the presiding deities; the ‘first share’ sanctifies the whole work and removes impediments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, particularly its local divine forms Bakulārka and Śrīmātṛ who are presented as obstacle-removers for rites done there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer the first portion (prathama-bhāga) to Bakulārka and Śrīmātṛ to ensure uninterrupted, obstacle-free success.