Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

महापूजोपकरणं योर्पयेद्विश्वभर्तरि । न तं संपत्तिसंभारा विमुंचंतीह कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

mahāpūjopakaraṇaṃ yorpayedviśvabhartari | na taṃ saṃpattisaṃbhārā vimuṃcaṃtīha kutracit

Translation

உலகைத் தாங்கும் ஆண்டவருக்கு மகாபூஜைக்கான உபகரணங்களை அர்ப்பணிப்பவனை, இவ்வுலகில் எங்கும் செல்வச் செழிப்பு விட்டு விலகாது.

Word by Word

• महापूजोपकरणम्: the equipment/materials for great worship
• महापूजोपकरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + पूजा + उपकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—महती पूजा यस्याः सा (महापूजा) + तस्याः उपकरणम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• अर्पयेत्: should offer
• अर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential/Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विश्वभर्तरि: to/in the Lord who sustains the universe
• विश्वभर्तरि: Sampradana/Adhikarana (Recipient/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—विश्वस्य भर्ता

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• संपत्तिसंभारा: stores/collections of prosperity
• संपत्तिसंभारा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपत्ति + संभारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे स्त्रीलिङ्ग), प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—संपत्तीनां संभाराḥ (heaps of prosperity)

• विमुञ्चन्ति: leave/abandon
• विमुञ्चन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इह: here
• इह: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere/ever
• कुत्रचित्: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-देशवाचक (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents trays of worship materials—flowers, lamps, incense, cloth, vessels—to temple priests before Viśveśvara; behind, the sanctum glows; the devotee’s household prosperity is symbolized by full granaries/coins in a subtle vignette.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvabhartṛ (Śiva/Viśveśvara)
• Pūjopakaraṇa
• Saṃpatti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting worship of the Supreme (through offering materials) is dharmic service that yields sustained worldly well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Viśveśvara/Śiva as worshipped in Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of mahāpūjā-upakaraṇas—offering worship materials for grand ritual worship.