Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमृद्धिः स्यात्संततिर्वर्धते सदा । भूतेश्वरं तु संपूज्य सुस्नातो विजितेंद्रियः

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamṛddhiḥ syātsaṃtatirvardhate sadā | bhūteśvaraṃ tu saṃpūjya susnāto vijiteṃdriyaḥ

Translation

There will be prosperity in wealth and grain, and one’s lineage will ever increase—when, having bathed well and restrained the senses, one duly worships Bhūteśvara.

Word by Word

• धनधान्यसमृद्धिः: prosperity of wealth and grain
• धनधान्यसमृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + धान्य + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—धन-धान्य (द्वन्द्व) + समृद्धि (तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• स्यात्: may be/should occur
• स्यात्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• संततिः: progeny/lineage
• संततिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वर्धते: increases/grows
• वर्धते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• भूतेश्वरम्: Bhūteśvara (Lord of beings, Śiva)
• भूतेश्वरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of beings)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having worshipped’

• सुस्नातः: well-bathed
• सुस्नातः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + स्नात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• विजितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• विजितेन्द्रियः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + जित + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘यस्य इन्द्रियाणि विजितानि’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūteśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, approaches a Śiva-liṅga labeled Bhūteśvara in a forest-temple; offerings of bilva leaves and water; posture of restraint and reverence; granaries and family figures subtly symbolizing prosperity and lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūteśvara
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity (snāna) and inner discipline (sense-control) make worship fruitful, yielding both dharmic prosperity and continuity of family.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s Bhūteśvara shrine/context (within the same chapter’s sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform proper worship (saṃpūjā) of Bhūteśvara after bathing and practicing indriya-nigraha.