Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कपर्दितनयं प्रार्थ्य स्थापयाचक्रिरे मुदा । तं च ये पूजयंत्यत्र कार्यारंभेषु सर्वदा

Transliteration

kaparditanayaṃ prārthya sthāpayācakrire mudā | taṃ ca ye pūjayaṃtyatra kāryāraṃbheṣu sarvadā

Translation

Nachdem sie den Sohn Kaparditas angerufen hatten, setzten sie ihn freudig ein. Und wer ihn hier stets zu Beginn seiner Vorhaben verehrt—

Word by Word

• कपर्दितनयम्: the son of Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्दितनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कपर्दिनः नयः)

• प्रार्थ्य: having prayed
• प्रार्थ्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having entreated/prayed’

• स्थापय: establish (you)
• स्थापय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense possible in context ‘place/establish!’ (आज्ञार्थ)

• अचक्रिरे: they performed/did
• अचक्रिरे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘they did/they performed’

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘with joy’

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पूजयन्ति: worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्य-आरम्भेषु: in the beginnings of undertakings
• कार्य-आरम्भेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कार्यस्य आरम्भः)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheyā-kṣetra (Siddha-saptaka precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees joyfully install Kapardita’s son (Vināyaka) with kalaśa, flowers, and lamps; a small shrine near a sacred complex; pilgrims approach before beginning journeys and vows.

Characters & Entities

• Kapardita
• Kapardita-naya (likely Gaṇeśa in local epithet context)
• Siddheyā-kṣetra (implied by 'atra')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated presences (installed deities) make a kṣetra a living source of grace; worship at beginnings sanctifies action and invites siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheyā-kṣetra (implied by “atra”), where this installed deity is worshipped for auspicious beginnings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the installed deity at the commencement of undertakings (kāryārambha).