Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

सफलर्धिरहं चाद्य सुदिवाद्यच मे मुने । प्राक्कृतैः सुकृतैरद्य फलितं मे चिरार्जितैः

Transliteration

saphalardhirahaṃ cādya sudivādyaca me mune | prākkṛtaiḥ sukṛtairadya phalitaṃ me cirārjitaiḥ

Translation

วันนี้ความรุ่งเรืองของข้ากลายเป็นผลสำเร็จ และวันนี้เป็นวันมงคลแท้แก่ข้า โอ้มุนี เพราะด้วยบุญกุศลที่ข้ากระทำไว้ก่อนและสั่งสมมาช้านาน ผลของมันได้สุกงอมปรากฏในวันนี้

Word by Word

• सफलर्धिः: fruitful (in attainment)
• सफलर्धिः: Karta (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सफलाः ऋद्धिः) = ‘fruitful prosperity/success’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• सुदिवा: a very auspicious day
• सुदिवा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + दिवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (very well/auspiciously by day = ‘a very good day’)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्राक्कृतैः: by earlier (deeds)
• प्राक्कृतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राक्कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (done formerly/previous)

• सुकृतैः: by good deeds
• सुकृतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘सुकृत’ = पुण्यकर्म (meritorious deeds)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• फलितम्: has borne fruit
• फलितम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: फल् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय / फलित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (has borne fruit)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• चिरार्जितैः: by long-acquired (merits)
• चिरार्जितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (अर्ज् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (चिरेण अर्जितैः)

Speaker

Giri/Śaila (mountain personified, addressing the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (traditional frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mountain, eyes moist with gratitude, declares that its prosperity and the day itself have become auspicious because long-earned merits have ripened upon meeting the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Past merit matures as present grace; meeting holy beings is a sign of ripened puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative glorifies Kāśī as a realm where puṇya quickly bears fruit, though no named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse interprets saintly encounter as the fruit of sukṛta (merit).