Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि भवेत्क्षेमार्थसिद्धिभाक् । सप्तम्यां रविवारेण पूजितः सर्वकामदः

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi bhavetkṣemārthasiddhibhāk | saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa pūjitaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ

Translation

O Göttin, schon durch bloßes Schauen auf ihn (Kṣemāditya) wird ein Mensch teilhaftig der Erfüllung von Wohlergehen und Sicherheit. Wird er am Saptamī, an einem Sonntag, verehrt, so wird er zum Spender aller gewünschten Ziele.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that (object)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• मानवः: a man
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• क्षेमार्थसिद्धिभाक्: partaker of the attainment of welfare (desired success)
• क्षेमार्थसिद्धिभाक्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣema + artha + siddhi + bhāj (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (क्षेमस्य अर्थः = क्षेमार्थः; क्षेमार्थस्य सिद्धिः = क्षेमार्थसिद्धिः; क्षेमार्थसिद्धिं भजते इति भाक्)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• रविवारेण: on Sunday / by (the occasion of) Sunday
• रविवारेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravivāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa / Viśeṣaṇa (Descriptive of subject/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वकामदः: giver of all desires
• सर्वकामदः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + kāma + da (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां कामानां दः = giver of all desires)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣemāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, devotees stand before the Kṣemāditya shrine; one offers arghya with a copper vessel, others place red flowers; the sun’s rays crown the deity icon; the atmosphere promises protection and prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣemāditya
• Saptamī
• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Darśana
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and pūjā at a consecrated site, aligned with sacred time (tithi and weekday), are taught as channels for kṣema and dharmic prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Kṣemāditya in the Prabhāsa Kṣetra pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Kṣemāditya on Saptamī, particularly when it falls on Ravivāra (Sunday), for the granting of desired aims.