Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

गुरुपूजा सदा कार्या कुलदेव्याः पुनःपुनः । वृद्ध्यागमेषु प्राप्तेषु वृद्धि दायकदक्षिणा

Transliteration

gurupūjā sadā kāryā kuladevyāḥ punaḥpunaḥ | vṛddhyāgameṣu prāpteṣu vṛddhi dāyakadakṣiṇā

Translation

師への礼拝は常に行い、さらに幾度も家の守護女神クーラデーヴィーを礼拝すべし。増益と繁栄の機会が訪れるとき、さらなる成長をもたらすダクシナー（供養の布施）を捧げよ。

Word by Word

• गुरुपूजा: worship of the teacher
• गुरुपूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गुरोः पूजा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• कार्या: should be performed
• कार्या: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्तव्यता-वाचक कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘(सा) कार्या’ = ‘should be done’

• कुलदेव्याः: of the family goddess
• कुलदेव्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कुलस्य देवी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kala (Frequency/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक अव्यय-युग्म (reduplicated adverb)

• वृद्ध्यागमेषु: on occasions of increase/prosperity
• वृद्ध्यागमेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (वृद्धेः आगमः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• प्राप्तेषु: when (they) have occurred
• प्राप्तेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘having come/occurred’, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सप्तमी बहुवचन), सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; ‘वृद्ध्यागमेषु’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वृद्धि: increase/prosperity
• वृद्धि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दायकदक्षिणा: a gift (dakṣiṇā) that bestows increase
• दायकदक्षिणा: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दायक + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (दायकः या दक्षिणा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (didactic instruction within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: गृहस्थ-आचार का दृश्य: एक गृह में गुरु के चरणों में अर्घ्य/पुष्प; पास में कुलदेवी का छोटा देवालय/प्रतिमा; ‘वृद्ध्यागम’ (लाभ) के अवसर पर दक्षिणा-थैली/वस्त्र/अन्न का दान; परिवारजन श्रद्धा से उपस्थित।

Characters & Entities

• Guru
• Kuladevatā (family deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is stabilized by gratitude and right relationship—honor the guru and the family deity, and share gains through dakṣiṇā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is general dharma within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya; no specific tīrtha is named in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular guru-pūjā, repeated worship of the family deity, and giving dakṣiṇā upon occasions of increase/prosperity.