Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

यशःपूरेण समलिप्ता दिशो दश सितत्विषा । स चक्रे प्रौढविभवसाधनां विजयक्रमात्

Transliteration

yaśaḥpūreṇa samaliptā diśo daśa sitatviṣā | sa cakre prauḍhavibhavasādhanāṃ vijayakramāt

Translation

Die zehn Himmelsrichtungen schienen mit dem weißen Glanz der Flut seines Ruhmes gesalbt; und Schritt um Schritt, durch Siege, vollbrachte er die Mittel zu großem, gereiftem Gedeihen.

Word by Word

• यशःपूरेण: by a flood of fame
• यशःपूरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् + पूर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यशसः पूरः)

• समलिप्ताः: were covered
• समलिप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + लिप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'smeared/covered'

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; विशेषण (qualifying दिशः)

• सितत्विषा: with white radiance
• सितत्विषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित + त्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सिता त्विष्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चक्रे: made, accomplished
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्रौढविभवसाधनाम्: means of great prosperity
• प्रौढविभवसाधनाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रौढ + विभव + साधन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रौढस्य विभवस्य साधना)

• विजयक्रमात्: from a course of victories
• विजयक्रमात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause): 'from/through the sequence of victories'

Speaker

Agastya (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ten directions personified as guardians bathed in a pale, auspicious glow; the king advances in a measured sequence of victories, each step marked by banners and offerings, culminating in abundant prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Raghu (implied)
• ten directions (daśa diśaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When power is exercised in a dharmic trajectory, fame and prosperity expand harmoniously across the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s māhātmya is strengthened through the Raghu-line’s world-ordering fame, preparing the ground for local sacred landmarks.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the narrative praise of Raghu’s victorious progress.