Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

राजानः सर्वसंपूर्णाः सप्रतापा भवंति ते । बर्करेशं च यो भक्त्या संपूजयति मानवः

Transliteration

rājānaḥ sarvasaṃpūrṇāḥ sapratāpā bhavaṃti te | barkareśaṃ ca yo bhaktyā saṃpūjayati mānavaḥ

Translation

ते राजानः सर्वसम्पूर्णाः सप्रतापाः भवन्ति। यश्च मानवो भक्त्या बर्करेशं सम्पूजयति सापि तथा भवति॥

Word by Word

• rājānaḥ: kings
• rājānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarvasaṃpūrṇāḥ: fully endowed in every way
• sarvasaṃpūrṇāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सर्वतः संपūrṇa’ इति (विशेषण)

• sapratāpāḥ: with valor/splendor
• sapratāpāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- + pratāpa (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्रतापेन सह’ (सह-बहुव्रीह्यर्थेऽपि प्रयोगः, रूपतः तत्पुरुष)

• bhavanti: become / are
• bhavanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• barkareśam: Barkareśa
• barkareśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: barkareśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saṃpūjayati: worships
• saṃpūjayati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + sam-
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Barkareśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee—king and commoner alike—offers flowers and bilva to the Barkareśa liṅga; a halo of radiance suggests pratāpa and prosperity bestowed; attendants hold lamps and fly-whisks.

Characters & Entities

• Barkareśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of Śiva as Barkareśa ripens into wholeness—prosperity, dignity, and inner radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Barkareśa and its associated tīrtha (Barkareśa-kṣetra) praised within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta pūjā—devotional, proper worship of Barkareśa.