Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

औषधीनामधीशेऽस्मिञ्छ्राद्धेनानेन तोषिते । व्रीह्यादीनि तु धान्यानि दद्युरोषधयः सदा

Transliteration

auṣadhīnāmadhīśe'smiñchrāddhenānena toṣite | vrīhyādīni tu dhānyāni dadyuroṣadhayaḥ sadā

Translation

Lorsque le seigneur des plantes médicinales est satisfait par ce śrāddha, les herbes accordent toujours des grains, tels que le riz et autres.

Word by Word

• औषधीनाम्: of medicinal herbs
• औषधीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अधीशे: in/at the lord (over them)
• अधीशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधीश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अस्मिन्: in this (context/occasion)
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्राद्धेन: by (this) śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तोषिते: when (he/it is) pleased
• तोषिते: Adhikarana (Circumstantial locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘तोषिते (सति)’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense)

• व्रीह्यादीनि: rice and the like
• व्रीह्यादीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘व्रीह्यादि’ = व्रीहिः आदिः येषाम् (etc. beginning with rice)

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

• धान्यानि: grains
• धान्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दद्युः: would give / should grant
• दद्युः: Kriya (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/benedictive), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ओषधयः: the herbs (plants)
• ओषधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra / Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Setu performs śrāddha beside the sea with kuśa grass and piṇḍas; behind him, lush fields and granaries appear as the auṣadhi-devatā is pleased.

Characters & Entities

• Oṣadhi (herbs)
• Adhīśa (lord of herbs)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed for ancestors is shown to sustain worldly well-being too—fertility of plants and food security.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra’s Mahālaya framework; the verse highlights fruit (phala) rather than naming a sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform “this śrāddha” (contextually Mahālaya śrāddha), which pleases the presiding power over herbs and yields abundance.