Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादादयं देव सुगंधिः पुष्टिवर्द्धनः । आवयोः संगमो दृष्टो भूयात्सर्वार्थदायकः

Transliteration

tvatprasādādayaṃ deva sugaṃdhiḥ puṣṭivarddhanaḥ | āvayoḥ saṃgamo dṛṣṭo bhūyātsarvārthadāyakaḥ

Translation

„Durch Deine Gnade, o Gott, wird dieser Duft nährend und kraftmehrend. Möge die Vereinigung von uns beiden, die nun zustande gekommen ist, zum Spender aller Segnungen werden.“

Word by Word

• त्वत्: your
• त्वत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (प्रसादस्य सम्बन्धे)

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• सुगन्धिः: fragrant
• सुगन्धिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सु+गन्धि इति कर्मधारय; विशेषण

• पुष्टिवर्द्धनः: increasing nourishment
• पुष्टिवर्द्धनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्टि-वर्द्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुष्टेः वर्द्धनः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

• आवयोः: of us two
• आवयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; ‘हम दोनों’

• सङ्गमः: meeting
• सङ्गमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• दृष्टः: was seen / has occurred
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृष्ट (कृदन्त; √दृश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि/भावे—‘seen/has been seen’

• भूयात्: may it become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वार्थदायकः: granting all aims
• सर्वार्थदायकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-अर्थ-दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वेषाम् अर्थानां दायकः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (or personified offering) presents fragrant substances to Śiva; a visible aura of perfume-like light spreads, blessing the surroundings; the ‘union’ is shown as hands joined in añjali before the deity, with Arunācala hill glowing behind.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)
• Gaurī (implied ‘āvayoḥ’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace transforms the environment and the heart; realized union with the Divine becomes the source of complete well-being and rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arunachala’s sanctity is implied through the motif of grace-pervaded auspiciousness (fragrance and nourishment) arising in the Lord’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes anugraha (grace) and the fruit of divine union as the ultimate blessing.