Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं सफलं च मे । यत्त्वं तपोनिधिर्दृष्टः सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः

Transliteration

adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ ca me | yattvaṃ taponidhirdṛṣṭaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ

Translation

«Aujourd’hui ma naissance porte son fruit, et ma vie aussi est accomplie, car je t’ai vu—trésor d’austérité, vénéré par tous les mondes.»

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “today/now”)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• सफलम्: fruitful/successful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic form

• यत्: since/that
• यत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (correlative particle: “since/because/that”)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तपोनिधिः: treasure of austerity
• तपोनिधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tapasya nidhiḥ = “treasure of austerity”)

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; “seen/has been seen”

• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: revered by all the worlds
• सर्वलोकनमस्कृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस्कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकैः नमस्कृतः = “worshipped by all worlds/people”)

Speaker

Rājā (Sahasrārjuna/Kārtavīrya Arjuna, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal seer, hands folded, beholds a great ascetic radiant with tapas; the king’s face shows fulfilled joy; the sage sits calm, revered like a living shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Taponidhi (the sage, Jamadagni implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a tapasvī is itself a purifier and a life’s success, affirming the Purāṇic ideal of honoring realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting, where such saintly presence and its merit are highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse emphasizes the merit of darśana (seeing/meeting a holy person).