Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

युष्मभ्यं दास्यति द्रव्यं सम्यगाराधितोऽपि सः । आरोग्यदायको नित्यं दुर्गादित्यो भविष्यति

Transliteration

yuṣmabhyaṃ dāsyati dravyaṃ samyagārādhito'pi saḥ | ārogyadāyako nityaṃ durgādityo bhaviṣyati

Translation

സമ്യകമായി ആരാധിച്ചാൽ അവൻ നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് ധനവും നൽകും. ദുർഗാദിത്യൻ നിത്യം ആരോഗ്യദായകനായിരിക്കും।

Word by Word

• युष्मभ्यम्: to you (all)
• युष्मभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग (pronoun), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रव्यम्: wealth, substance
• द्रव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, duly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आराधितः: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → आराधित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), विशेषण

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि=even/also

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आरोग्यदायकः: giver of health
• आरोग्यदायकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आरोग्यस्य दायकः)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• दुर्गादित्यः: Durgāditya (name/title)
• दुर्गादित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गा + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दुर्गायाः आदित्यः/दुर्गा-सम्बद्धः आदित्यः)

• भविष्यति: will become / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), continuing

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Durgāditya shrine/tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Gaṇanātha for wealth and then approach Durgāditya—radiant Sun-deity with a golden aura—who bestows healing; the coastal kṣetra glows in morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Durgāditya
• Ārogya (health)
• Dravya (wealth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right worship at a sacred site yields both worldly support (wealth) and sustaining well-being (health), aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Mahodaya Tīrtha-centered assurances within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samyag-ārādhana—proper worship/propitiation of the invoked deity-forms for dravya and ārogya.