Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

अनेनैव विधानेन कृतेन तु द्विजोत्तमैः । आगर्भितास्तदा मेघा वर्षते नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

anenaiva vidhānena kṛtena tu dvijottamaiḥ | āgarbhitāstadā meghā varṣate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Wenn dieses gleiche Ritual von den vorzüglichsten Brahmanen ordnungsgemäß vollzogen wird, dann werden die Wolken vom Regen schwer und es regnet gewiss — daran besteht kein Zweifel.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; सर्वनाम — pronoun

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात — particle (emphasis)

• विधानेन: by the procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• कृतेन: done, performed
• कृतेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; विशेषण (विधानेन)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (विरोध/अन्वय) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• द्विजोत्तमैः: by the best of the twice-born (excellent Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमैः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• आगर्भिताः: filled (with water), impregnated
• आगर्भिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√गर्भ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural; विशेषण (मेघाः)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — temporal adverb

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• वर्षते: it rains
• वर्षते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध — negation particle

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक — locative adverb ‘here’

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the completed rite, dark clouds gather overhead, swelling with rain; priests stand by the extinguishing homa fire as the first drops fall on the waiting fields.

Characters & Entities

• dvija (brāhmaṇa)
• megha (clouds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed according to proper rite (vidhāna) bears tangible, world-sustaining results and reflects the harmony between sacred action and nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Kumāreśvara-tīrtha glorification (Kumārikā-khaṇḍa), where ritual observance is praised as efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A properly executed vidhāna (prescribed rite) performed by qualified brāhmaṇas, said to result in rainfall.