Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

महापूजोपकरणं योर्पयेद्विश्वभर्तरि । न तं संपत्तिसंभारा विमुंचंतीह कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

mahāpūjopakaraṇaṃ yorpayedviśvabhartari | na taṃ saṃpattisaṃbhārā vimuṃcaṃtīha kutracit

Translation

Whoever offers the requisites for great worship to the Lord who sustains the universe—abundance of prosperity does not forsake that person anywhere in this world.

Word by Word

• महापूजोपकरणम्: the equipment/materials for great worship
• महापूजोपकरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पूजा + उपकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—महती पूजा यस्याः सा (महापूजा) + तस्याः उपकरणम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• अर्पयेत्: should offer
• अर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विश्वभर्तरि: to/in the Lord who sustains the universe
• विश्वभर्तरि: Sampradana/Adhikarana (Recipient/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—विश्वस्य भर्ता

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• संपत्तिसंभारा: stores/collections of prosperity
• संपत्तिसंभारा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपत्ति + संभारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे स्त्रीलिङ्ग), प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—संपत्तीनां संभाराḥ (heaps of prosperity)

• विमुञ्चन्ति: leave/abandon
• विमुञ्चन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere/ever
• कुत्रचित्: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-देशवाचक (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents trays of worship materials—flowers, lamps, incense, cloth, vessels—to temple priests before Viśveśvara; behind, the sanctum glows; the devotee’s household prosperity is symbolized by full granaries/coins in a subtle vignette.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvabhartṛ (Śiva/Viśveśvara)
• Pūjopakaraṇa
• Saṃpatti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting worship of the Supreme (through offering materials) is dharmic service that yields sustained worldly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Viśveśvara/Śiva as worshipped in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of mahāpūjā-upakaraṇas—offering worship materials for grand ritual worship.