Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 101
Devanagari script
ऐहिकामुष्मिकं सर्वं पूजाकर्तुः प्रयच्छति
Transliteration
aihikāmuṣmikaṃ sarvaṃ pūjākartuḥ prayacchati
Translation
Sie verleiht dem Verehrer alles—weltlichen Wohlstand und jenseitiges Heil.
Word by Word
ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्worldly and otherworldly
ऐहिकामुष्मिकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऐहिक + आमुष्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (ऐहिकं च आमुष्मिकं च)
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
पूजाकर्तुःof the worshipper
पूजाकर्तुः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पूजायाः कर्ता)
प्रयच्छतिgrants; bestows
प्रयच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Kumāra (Skanda)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha (liṅga worship)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee before the liṅga receives twofold boon: prosperity symbols (grain, family well-being) and spiritual symbols (light, upward path); Śiva’s grace implied through radiance from the liṅga.
Characters & Entities
W
Worshipper (pūjākartṛ)M
Merit/benefit (aihika-āmuṣmika)FAQs
Devotional worship yields integrated well-being—here and hereafter—when performed in a dharmic Śaiva spirit.
The Kedāra region’s Śiva worship tradition; the verse states the general fruit of such worship.
Perform pūjā (worship); the result is promised as both worldly and transcendent benefit.