Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

फलानि यच्छते यो वै सुहृद्यानि नरेश्वर । जायंते तस्य कल्पांतं सफलास्तु मनोरथाः

Transliteration

phalāni yacchate yo vai suhṛdyāni nareśvara | jāyaṃte tasya kalpāṃtaṃ saphalāstu manorathāḥ

Translation

O lord of men, whoever offers choice fruits in devotion finds his heartfelt wishes arise fulfilled, bearing fruit until the end of the age.

Word by Word

• फलानि: fruits; results
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यच्छते: gives; offers
• यच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यच्छ्/दा (धातु; यम्-आदेशयुक्तः ‘यच्छति’)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

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

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• सुहृद्यानि: pleasing to friends; friendly
• सुहृद्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘फलानि’)

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• जायन्ते: are born; arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• कल्पान्तम्: until the end of the aeon
• कल्पान्तम्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प-अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे काल-परिमाण (up to the end of an aeon)

• सफलाः: fruitful; successful
• सफलाः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘मनोरथाः’)

• तु: and; but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• मनोरथाः: wishes; desires
• मनोरथाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्-रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मनसः रथाः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara / narādhipa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king presents a basket of ripe fruits to Kṛṣṇa; from the offering arises a symbolic vine of fulfilled wishes extending through time to kalpānta.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving, even in simple forms like fruit offerings, ripens into fulfilled aspirations through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā—service to Kṛṣṇa there is praised as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering (dāna/vinivedana) of choice fruits to Kṛṣṇa as an upacāra.