Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

कपर्दितनयं प्रार्थ्य स्थापयाचक्रिरे मुदा । तं च ये पूजयंत्यत्र कार्यारंभेषु सर्वदा

Transliteration

kaparditanayaṃ prārthya sthāpayācakrire mudā | taṃ ca ye pūjayaṃtyatra kāryāraṃbheṣu sarvadā

Translation

കപർദിതന്റെ പുത്രനെ പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ച് അവർ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ അവനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു. ഇവിടെ എവർ സദാ കാര്യാരംഭത്തിൽ അവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നുവോ—

Word by Word

• कपर्दितनयम्: the son of Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्दितनयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कपर्दिनः नयः)

• प्रार्थ्य: having prayed
• प्रार्थ्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रार्थ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having entreated/prayed’

• स्थापय: establish (you)
• स्थापय: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense possible in context ‘place/establish!’ (आज्ञार्थ)

• अचक्रिरे: they performed/did
• अचक्रिरे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘they did/they performed’

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘with joy’

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• पूजयन्ति: worship
• पूजयन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• कार्य-आरम्भेषु: in the beginnings of undertakings
• कार्य-आरम्भेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आरम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कार्यस्य आरम्भः)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheyā-kṣetra (Siddha-saptaka precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees joyfully install Kapardita’s son (Vināyaka) with kalaśa, flowers, and lamps; a small shrine near a sacred complex; pilgrims approach before beginning journeys and vows.

Characters & Entities

• Kapardita
• Kapardita-naya (likely Gaṇeśa in local epithet context)
• Siddheyā-kṣetra (implied by 'atra')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated presences (installed deities) make a kṣetra a living source of grace; worship at beginnings sanctifies action and invites siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheyā-kṣetra (implied by “atra”), where this installed deity is worshipped for auspicious beginnings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the installed deity at the commencement of undertakings (kāryārambha).