Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

मणिचित्रितकन्दाय नमः सर्वार्थसिद्धये । नमो वेदस्वरूपाय द्विज सिद्धिप्रियाय च

Transliteration

maṇicitritakandāya namaḥ sarvārthasiddhaye | namo vedasvarūpāya dvija siddhipriyāya ca

Translation

Salutations to the One whose form is wondrously adorned like a jewel-ornamented treasure; salutations to the accomplisher of all aims. Salutations to the very embodiment of the Vedas, and to the One who delights in the siddhis of the twice-born.

Word by Word

• मणि-चित्रित-कन्दाय: to the one with a bulb/knob adorned with gems
• मणि-चित्रित-कन्दाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + चित्रित (चित्र्/चित्र्?; √चित्र्/√चित्रय् इति धातु-सम्भव कृदन्त) + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मणिभिः चित्रितः कन्दः यस्य)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• सर्व-अर्थ-सिद्धये: to the accomplisher of all aims
• सर्व-अर्थ-सिद्धये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे (सिद्धि), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् अर्थानां सिद्धिः)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), नमस्कारार्थे

• वेद-स्वरूपाय: to the one whose form is the Veda
• वेद-स्वरूपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वेदः एव स्वरूपं यस्य)

• द्विज: twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-पूर्वपदत्वेन समासे प्रयुक्तम्

• सिद्धि-प्रियाय: to the one dear to (granting) siddhi
• सिद्धि-प्रियाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धेः प्रियः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक conjunction)

Speaker

Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Prabhāsa offers folded-hands salutations to a radiant Śiva-linga or anthropomorphic Śiva whose body gleams like jewel-inlaid ornamentation, with subtle Vedic motifs (ṛk-mantra scrolls) emanating as light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Vedas
• Dvijas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All rightful aims are fulfilled through the Lord who is Veda embodied—uniting dharma (Vedic order) with grace (siddhi and success).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Māhātmya presents the deity as sarvārtha-siddhi-prada—bestower of comprehensive fulfillment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse functions as stuti and implies that Veda-aligned devotion leads to siddhi and fulfillment.