Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

उपवासैर्व्रतैः सत्रैरुपहारैस्तथार्चनैः । त्वामर्चयंति मनुजाः सार्वभौमा भवंतु ते

Transliteration

upavāsairvrataiḥ satrairupahāraistathārcanaiḥ | tvāmarcayaṃti manujāḥ sārvabhaumā bhavaṃtu te

Translation

Puissent ceux qui T’adorent par les jeûnes, les vœux, les sessions sacrificielles, les dons et les rites d’adoration devenir des souverains universels.

Word by Word

• upavāsaiḥ: with fasts
• upavāsaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vrataiḥ: with vows
• vrataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• satraiḥ: with sacrificial sessions
• satraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• upahāraiḥ: with offerings
• upahāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• arcanaiḥ: with worship (offerings)
• arcanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• arcayanti: worship
• arcayanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• manujāḥ: people, men
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sārvabhaumāḥ: universal sovereigns
• sārvabhaumāḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārvabhauma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ते)

• bhavantu: may (they) become
• bhavantu: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuing the benedictive praise)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees observe fasting and vows, conduct a sustained sacrificial session with orderly offerings, and present gifts; the deity’s presence is invoked as granting protective, kingly radiance to the worshippers.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Aruṇācala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined devotion (vrata, upavāsa, worship) is praised as a source of both worldly order and spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, where such observances are said to yield great fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting), vrata (vows), satra (ritual sessions), upahāra (offerings), and arcana (formal worship).