Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

कांचनं जायते तत्र यदि तुष्टो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

kāṃcanaṃ jāyate tatra yadi tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Dort entsteht Gold — wenn Mahēśvara (Śiva) zufrieden ist.

Word by Word

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises, is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘is born/comes into being’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-निपात (conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (महेश्वरः)

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभावः: ‘great lord’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a ritual vessel or prepared substance gleams as gold manifests, while an unseen Maheśvara’s grace is suggested by a Śiva-linga aura or crescent-moon motif.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All attainments are ultimately dependent on divine grace; results manifest when Maheśvara is genuinely pleased.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva’s favor is presented as especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the outcome—gold arises—conditional upon pleasing Maheśvara through the preceding practice.