Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

उत्पद्यते महाराजः सर्वलोकेषु पूजितः । सप्तम्यां या द्विजश्रेष्ठं सुवर्णेन प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

utpadyate mahārājaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitaḥ | saptamyāṃ yā dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ suvarṇena prapūjayet

Translation

महान राजा जन्मास येतो व सर्व लोकांत पूजिला जातो. जी स्त्री सप्तमीला श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणाचा सुवर्णाने श्रद्धेने पूजन करते, तिला हे महापुण्य प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

• उत्पद्यते: is born/arises
• उत्पद्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (passive/intransitive sense)

• महाराजः: the great king
• महाराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूजितः: honoured/worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (lunar day)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• या: she who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठम्: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुवर्णेन: with gold
• सुवर्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (general Revākhaṇḍa setting)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājñī (queen)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A queen or noblewoman on Saptamī offers a small golden gift with reverence to a serene, learned brāhmaṇa near the Revā’s ghāṭa; attendants hold water-pot and lamp; the river glows at dawn.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to dharma-bearers (learned Brāhmaṇas) through generous giving is praised as a cause of high status and universal honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the teaching is part of Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma exposition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Saptamī, honor a foremost Brāhmaṇa with gold (suvarṇa) as a form of pūjā/dāna.