Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

संगालेश्वरनामानं पूजयिष्यंति मानवाः । न तेषामन्वये कश्चिन्निर्धनः संभविष्यति

Transliteration

saṃgāleśvaranāmānaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | na teṣāmanvaye kaścinnirdhanaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

માનવો ‘સંગાલેશ્વર’ નામના લિંગની પૂજા કરશે; તેમના વંશમાં કોઈ પણ કદી નિર્ધન નહીં થાય.

Word by Word

• saṃgāla-īśvara-nāmānam: the name ‘Saṃgāleśvara’
• saṃgāla-īśvara-nāmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pūjayiṣyanti: will worship
• pūjayiṣyanti: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु) → pūjayiṣyanti
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: people, humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग (generic), षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• anvaye: in the lineage
• anvaye: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• kaścit: anyone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nirdhanaḥ: poor, without wealth
• nirdhanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) - qualifier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; "kaścit"-विशेषण

• saṃbhaviṣyati: will arise/exist
• saṃbhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√bhū (धातु) → saṃbhaviṣyati
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (prophetic assurance voiced in the Māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saṅgāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified; verse addresses ‘mānavaḥ’ generally (people)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach a modest coastal Śiva shrine; the Saṅgāleśvara liṅga is adorned with bilva leaves, white flowers, and a water-pot for abhiṣeka; householders pray for lineage prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅgāleśvara
• Worshippers (mānavāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a powerful tīrtha sustains both spiritual merit and righteous prosperity for one’s family line.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Saṅgāleśvara at Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Saṅgāleśvara.