Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमायुक्ते स्फीते सञ्जायते कुले । भक्तिर्भवति भूयोऽपि महाकालेश्वरार्चने

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamāyukte sphīte sañjāyate kule | bhaktirbhavati bhūyo'pi mahākāleśvarārcane

Translation

वह धन-धान्य से युक्त, समृद्ध कुल में जन्म लेता है; और महाकालेश्वर की अर्चना में उसकी भक्ति बार-बार जाग्रत होती रहती है।

Word by Word

• dhana-dhānya-samāyukte: in (a family) endowed with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samāyukte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√yuj + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘धनधान्येन समायुक्ते’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषसमासः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• sphīte: prosperous
• sphīte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sañjāyate: arises, is born
• sañjāyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√jan (धातु; जनँ/जनीँ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; सम्-उपसर्गयुक्त

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavati: becomes, arises
• bhavati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु; भू)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again, more
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/तुलनार्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘पुनः/अधिकम्’

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• mahākāleśvara-arcane: in the worship of Mahākāleśvara
• mahākāleśvara-arcane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘महाकालेश्वरस्य अर्चनम्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous household offers worship at Mahākāleśvara: heaps of grain, lamps, and offerings; the devotee’s face shows serene devotion, implying repeated bhakti across births.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True prosperity is paired with renewed devotion—material wellbeing is depicted as supporting continued Śiva-arcana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) of Mahākāleśvara is highlighted as the devotional practice.