Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः । यद्यदा यजमानस्य ऋत्विजो द्रव्यमेव च

Transliteration

ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvaṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ | yadyadā yajamānasya ṛtvijo dravyameva ca

Translation

Aus der Sonne entsteht der Regen; aus dem Regen entsteht die Nahrung; und davon gedeihen die Wesen. Und sooft der Opferherr, die Priester (Ṛtvij) und die Opferstoffe (beteiligt sind)…

Word by Word

• आदित्याद्: from the Sun
• आदित्याद्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वृष्टिः: rain
• वृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वृष्टेः: from rain
• वृष्टेः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (हेतौ/स्रोतसि)

• अन्नम्: food/grain
• अन्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ततः: therefrom/then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘therefrom/then’)

• प्रजाः: creatures/people
• प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यद्यदा’ इत्यत्र ‘यत्’ (relative)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: when)

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer
• यजमानस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• ऋत्विजः: the officiating priests
• ऋत्विजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत्विज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• द्रव्यम्: material/fee/substance
• द्रव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych-like cosmic diagram: radiant sun above; rain clouds releasing showers; fields of grain; people flourishing; at the side, a yajamāna with ṛtviks and ritual materials indicating the human link in the chain.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sun)
• Ṛtvij (priests)
• Yajamāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is tied to cosmic interdependence: Sun → rain → food → beings; ritual and right conduct support prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse provides a universal purāṇic account of prosperity and sustenance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It points to the yajña system involving yajamāna, ṛtviks, and dravya; the sentence continues into the next verse.