Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 143

Devanagari script

आरोग्यं धनधान्यं च पुत्रदारादिसंपदः । भास्करो भगवांस्तुष्टो दद्यादेतच्छ्रुतेर्वचः

Transliteration

ārogyaṃ dhanadhānyaṃ ca putradārādisaṃpadaḥ | bhāskaro bhagavāṃstuṣṭo dadyādetacchrutervacaḥ

Translation

ആരോഗ്യം, ധന-ധാന്യങ്ങൾ, പുത്ര-ദാരാദി സമ്പത്ത്—ഭഗവാൻ ഭാസ്കരൻ പ്രസന്നനായാൽ ഇവയെല്ലാം ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു; ഇതാണ് ശ്രുതി-വചനം.

Word by Word

• ārogyam: health
• ārogyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘health’

• dhana-dhānyam: wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — द्वन्द्वसमासः; ‘wealth and grain’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक

• putra-dāra-ādi-saṃpadaḥ: prosperities like sons and wife, etc.
• putra-dāra-ādi-saṃpadaḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + dāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन — ‘prosperities such as sons, wife, etc.’

• bhāskaraḥ: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्ता

• bhagavān: the blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘भास्करः’

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘pleased’; विशेषणम् ‘भास्करः’

• dadyāt: should grant
• dadyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘may give/should give’

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘वचः’

• śruteḥ: of the śruti / of what is heard
• śruteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of the hearing/what is heard (scripture/tradition)’

• vacaḥ: utterance, statement
• vacaḥ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘word/utterance’

Speaker

Bāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims stand before a radiant Sun icon, offering arghya with copper vessels; behind them are symbols of prosperity—granaries, healthy children, and a flourishing household—shown as the deity’s blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Bhāskara is upheld as a dharmic path that supports worldly well-being and household prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is connected to the Bahūdaka tīrtha context, though this verse focuses on Bhāskara’s boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: pleasing Bhāskara through worship/japa; the verse itself states the resulting benefits (phalaśruti).