Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

प्रहर्षेणैव पूर्वस्या विजयं ददृशे दिशः । तस्मिन्काले च विजयः कर्म सर्वं समाप्तवान्

Transliteration

praharṣeṇaiva pūrvasyā vijayaṃ dadṛśe diśaḥ | tasminkāle ca vijayaḥ karma sarvaṃ samāptavān

Translation

प्रहर्षेणैव पूर्वदिग्भ्यः समागतमिव विजयलक्षणं स ददर्श। तस्मिन्नेव काले विजयः स्वकर्म समग्रं समापयामास॥

Word by Word

• प्रहर्षेण: with joy, by exhilaration
• प्रहर्षेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• पूर्वस्याः: of the eastern (direction)
• पूर्वस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular; विशेषण

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• ददृशे: saw
• ददृशे: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — he saw

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन — accusative plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विजयः: Vijaya
• विजयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• कर्म: task, deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; विशेषण

• समाप्तवान्: completed, finished
• समाप्तवान्: Kriyā (Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आप् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having completed’ (used predicatively)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hero/agent, filled with exhilaration, turns toward the eastern quarter and beholds the sign of victory; attendants indicate that the undertaking has reached completion.

Characters & Entities

• Vijaya
• Pūrvā diś (East)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic effort culminates in completion and victory; auspicious omens confirm the ripening of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named sacred site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions completion of ‘karma’ (the undertaking/rite) but does not detail a specific prescription.