Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

सफलं तस्य तत्सर्वं नान्यथा रुद्रनंदन

Transliteration

saphalaṃ tasya tatsarvaṃ nānyathā rudranaṃdana

Translation

Ô fils de Rudra, tout cela devient réellement fécond pour lui—et jamais autrement.

Word by Word

• सफलम्: fruitful, successful
• सफलम्: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• तस्य: of him/that person
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्

• तत्-सर्वम्: all that
• तत्-सर्वम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘तत्’ इति विशेषणम्

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: otherwise)

• रुद्र-नन्दन: O son of Rudra
• रुद्र-नन्दन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Keśava (Viṣṇu) (continuation of the preceding instruction)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Rudranandana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brief, emphatic utterance addressed to Rudra’s son: only dharma-dedicated power becomes fruitful—an austere moment of certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Rudranandana)
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Success (saphalatā) is defined by dharmic use of one’s capacities; otherwise achievements are spiritually barren.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is mentioned in this concluding line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal conclusion reinforcing the prior exhortation.