Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अरोगो दृढगात्रः स्याद्भास्करस्य प्रसादतः । हिरण्यपाणिर्भगवान्हिरण्यं पाणिना स्वयम्

Transliteration

arogo dṛḍhagātraḥ syādbhāskarasya prasādataḥ | hiraṇyapāṇirbhagavānhiraṇyaṃ pāṇinā svayam

Translation

Par la grâce de Bhāskara, il devient exempt de maladie et doté de membres robustes ; et le Seigneur « aux mains d’or » accorde lui-même de l’or, de sa propre main, à celui qui accomplit le Mahālaya śrāddha.

Word by Word

• अरोगः: disease-free
• अरोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण (free from disease)

• दृढगात्रः: having a firm body
• दृढगात्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक) + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—दृढं गात्रं यस्य/दृढं गात्रम् (firm-bodied)

• स्यात्: would become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचन

• भास्करस्य: of Bhāskara (the Sun)
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: due to (his) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause: ‘due to’)

• हिरण्यपाणिः: Hiraṇyapāṇi
• हिरण्यपाणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—हिरण्यः पाणिः यस्य सः

• भगवान्: the lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हिरण्यपाणिः इत्यस्य)

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पाणिना: with (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मार्थक/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘himself’)

Speaker

Deductive: Skanda (Kārttikeya) speaking within Setukhaṇḍa narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhāskara appears radiant, extending a golden hand to bestow a shining gold piece upon the devotee; the devotee stands healthy and strong, with a calm, purified aura after the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya/Āditya)
• Hiraṇyapāṇi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa links righteous ancestral worship with both inner well-being (health) and outer support (prosperity), as gifts of divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu Māhātmya discourse, though it highlights deity-grace rather than a named sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of the Mahālaya śrāddha observance (notably on Saptamī in the surrounding verses) as the cause of Sūrya’s favor.