Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तस्य प्रीणाति भगवांल्लोकपालो धनाधिपः । महापद्मादिनिधयो वर्तंते तस्य वै वशे

Transliteration

tasya prīṇāti bhagavāṃllokapālo dhanādhipaḥ | mahāpadmādinidhayo vartaṃte tasya vai vaśe

Translation

അവനാൽ ധനാധിപനായ ലോകപാല ഭഗവാൻ (കുബേരൻ) പ്രസന്നനാകും; മഹാപദ്മാദി മഹാനിധികളും അവന്റെ അധീനത്തിലാകും.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• प्रीणाति: is pleased/satisfies
• प्रीणाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्रीण्/प्री (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• लोकपालः: guardian of the world
• लोकपालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: लोक + पाल; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• धनाधिपः: lord of wealth (Kubera)
• धनाधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: धन + अधिप; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• महापद्मादि: beginning with Mahāpadma
• महापद्मादि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापद्म + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महापद्म + आदि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of निधयः)

• निधयः: treasures
• निधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc. nom. pl.)

• वर्तन्ते: remain/are under control
• वर्तन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• वशे: in the control/power
• वशे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc. loc. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera, pleased, grants mastery over the great treasures (nidhis) such as Mahāpadma; wealth imagery is framed as a divine sanction following Mahālaya observance.

Characters & Entities

• Kubera (Dhanādhipa)
• Lokapāla
• Mahāpadma-nidhi
• Nidhis (Treasures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-centered ancestral rites are said to harmonize even material prosperity, bringing wealth under rightful, divinely sanctioned control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra (Setukhaṇḍa) is the implied pilgrimage setting where Mahālaya rites are extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the fruit of the Mahālaya śrāddha sequence being described—Kubera’s favor and mastery over treasures.