Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

गौर्युवाच । उपचारप्रवृत्तानां फलं मे शंस सुव्रत । यैर्वै जनः कृतार्थः स्याद्यथाशक्ति कृतादरः

Transliteration

gauryuvāca | upacārapravṛttānāṃ phalaṃ me śaṃsa suvrata | yairvai janaḥ kṛtārthaḥ syādyathāśakti kṛtādaraḥ

Translation

Gaurī dit : «Ô toi dont l’observance est parfaite, dis-moi le fruit de ceux qui s’adonnent à l’upacāra—au culte et au service—grâce auquel les êtres, honorant selon leur pouvoir, deviennent accomplis.»

Word by Word

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• उपचारप्रवृत्तानाम्: of those engaged in offerings/service
• उपचारप्रवृत्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र + वृत् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उपचारे प्रवृत्ताः)

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative)

• शंस: tell / declare
• शंस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुव्रत: O good-vowed one
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘सु-व्रतः’ (good-vowed)

• यैः: by which / by whom
• यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• जनः: a person
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• कृतार्थः: fulfilled / successful
• कृतार्थः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु; कृदन्त) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कृतः अर्थः यस्य) = fulfilled

• स्यात्: may become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथाशक्ति: according to (one's) ability
• यथाशक्ति: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

• कृतादरः: having shown reverence
• कृतादरः: Karta-predicative (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु; कृदन्त) + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कृतः आदरः यस्य)

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (addressed as suvrata)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī, poised and compassionate, asks a sage about the fruits of upacāra; the setting evokes Arunācala’s sanctity—quiet hermitage near the sacred hill.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Upacāra (ritual service)
• Aruṇācala (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship according to one’s capacity is spiritually effective and leads to true fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, since the dialogue occurs within its māhātmya describing worship and its rewards.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upacāra—devotional services/offerings performed with reverence, tailored to one’s means (yathāśakti).