Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

बहुपोतद्रव्यक्षेपः सर्वैः सा समभागिता । एवं कर्तुः फलैः सर्वैः समं स्याच्च पुनःपुनः

Transliteration

bahupotadravyakṣepaḥ sarvaiḥ sā samabhāgitā | evaṃ kartuḥ phalaiḥ sarvaiḥ samaṃ syācca punaḥpunaḥ

Translation

അനേകം പടവുകളോളം ദ്രവ്യം എല്ലാവരും ചേർത്ത് നിക്ഷേപിച്ചാൽ, ആ കർമ്മപുണ്യം എല്ലാവർക്കും സമഭാഗമാകും. അതുപോലെ കർത്താവിന് ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലവും വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും എല്ലാവർക്കും സമമായി ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• बहु-पोत-द्रव्य-क्षेपः: the depositing/throwing of goods by many contributors
• बहु-पोत-द्रव्य-क्षेपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + पोत (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (बहूनां पोतानां द्रव्यस्य क्षेपः)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana/Agent (By all)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सा: that (sharing)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सम-भागिता: equal sharing
• सम-भागिता: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक (thus/in this manner)

• कर्तुः: of the doer
• कर्तुः: Shashthi-sambandha (Of the doer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• फलैः: with fruits/results
• फलैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (फलैः)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण), समत्वे

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• पुनः-पुनः: again and again
• पुनः-पुनः: Kāla/Avṛtti (Frequency)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय) + पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमास, आवृत्त्यर्थक (repetition)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra (general principle for kṣetra-sevā works)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A large communal project: many donors bring loads of materials; a temple/well construction rises; the idea of shared fruit is conveyed through a unified procession of contributors.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit (puṇya) from dharmic public works becomes shareable; sincere contributors partake equally in the fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on the dharma of community contribution within a Śaiva māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Contributing materials/wealth toward a common dharmic project (implied: building/maintaining water facilities like wells).