Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं कुलम् । अद्य मे सफलो धर्मस्त्वय्यायाते तपोधने

Transliteration

adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ kulam | adya me saphalo dharmastvayyāyāte tapodhane

Translation

Aujourd’hui ma naissance est accomplie; aujourd’hui mon lignage est accompli. Aujourd’hui mon dharma même est accompli, puisque tu es venu, ô trésor de tapas.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (today)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• कुलम्: family/lineage
• कुलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सफलः: fruitful
• सफलः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• धर्मः: Dharma (my duty/virtue)
• धर्मः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वयि: in you/when you (are present)
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आयाते: having come (when you have arrived)
• आयाते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; सप्तमी-एकवचन (पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग) लोके—‘त्वयि आयाते’ = when you have come (locative absolute)

• तपो-धने: O treasure of austerity
• तपो-धने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th) एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तपसः धनम्) — सम्बोधनार्थे सप्तमी (vocative sense)

Speaker

Dharma (addressing Nārada)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharma/Yama speaks with folded hands, proclaiming his birth, lineage, and dharma fulfilled by Nārada’s arrival; the court witnesses a moment of humble exaltation.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a realized sage is portrayed as transformative—making one’s life, family, and dharmic path truly meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies the sanctifying presence (darśana) of a tapas-rich sage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is reverent praise and honoring of sages as a dharmic act.