Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पूजया तु निधीनां च नवानामपि सुव्रत । इह लोके सुखं भुक्त्वा परलोके स मोदते

Transliteration

pūjayā tu nidhīnāṃ ca navānāmapi suvrata | iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā paraloke sa modate

Translation

હે સુવ્રત! નવ નિધિઓની પણ પૂજા કરવાથી મનુષ્ય ઇહલોકમાં સુખ ભોગવી પરલોકમાં પણ આનંદિત થાય છે।

Word by Word

• पूजया: by worship
• पूजया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: contrast/emphasis)

• निधीनाम्: of the treasures
• निधीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नवानाम्: of the nine (new)
• नवानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषण (निधीनाम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘सु व्रतम् यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलित-सम्बोधन (as epithet)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘here/in this world’)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed
• भुक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); ‘having enjoyed’

• परलोके: in the next world
• परलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग (‘परः लोकः’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond in Ayodhyā; devotees offer flowers, lamps, and incense to Nidhi-Lakṣmī forms, with a calm aura promising happiness here and joy hereafter.

Characters & Entities

• Nidhi (Nine Treasures)
• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper worship aligned with dharma yields well-being here and auspicious joy beyond, linking worldly prosperity to spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s sacred setting where worship connected to the nidhis is described as fruit-bearing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā (worship) of the nine nidhis (treasures), implying a Lakṣmī-prosperity rite within the tīrtha context.