Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

त्वां च ये पूजयिष्यंति कार्यारभेषु सर्वदा । वर्षे वर्षे राजमाषबलिना च विशेषतः

Transliteration

tvāṃ ca ye pūjayiṣyaṃti kāryārabheṣu sarvadā | varṣe varṣe rājamāṣabalinā ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

And those who will worship you at the commencement of their undertakings, always—especially year after year with an offering of black gram (rājamāṣa) as bali—

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• ये: those who
• ये: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कार्यआरम्भेषु: at the beginnings of undertakings
• कार्यआरम्भेषु: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (locative: in/at)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• वर्षे: in a year
• वर्षे: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी

• वर्षे: yearly
• वर्षे: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (year after year)

• राजमाषबलिना: with an offering of black gram (rājamāṣa)
• राजमाषबलिना: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमाष (प्रातिपदिक) + बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: with/by)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/बलवत्त्ववाचक-अव्यय (especially, in particular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; continuing the guardians’ boon (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheyā-kṣetra (Siddhi-associated worship)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder at the threshold of a new venture offers a small bali of black gram and flowers at the shrine; behind him, symbols of the undertaking (tools, scrolls, travel bundle) await blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetrapāla / Kṣetrapati (addressed deity)
• Rājamāṣa (black gram)
• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Beginning actions with worship aligns human effort with divine order, making endeavors auspicious and guarded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheyā-kṣetra, where such commencement-worship is taught as a site-linked practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship at the start of undertakings, with an annual special bali offering of rājamāṣa (black gram/urad).