Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

या दिवं देवसंपूर्णा प्रत्यक्षयति भूतले । यत्र कृतं तपः किंचिदनंतफलमुच्यते

Transliteration

yā divaṃ devasaṃpūrṇā pratyakṣayati bhūtale | yatra kṛtaṃ tapaḥ kiṃcidanaṃtaphalamucyate

Translation

กาญจี (นั้น) เปี่ยมด้วยเหล่าเทวดาดุจสวรรค์เอง และทำให้แดนสวรรค์ปรากฏแจ้งบนพื้นพิภพ ตบะเพียงเล็กน้อยที่กระทำ ณ ที่นั้น ก็กล่าวกันว่าย่อมให้ผลไม่สิ้นสุด

Word by Word

• yā: which (she)
• yā: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• divam: heaven
• divam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• deva: gods/divine beings
• deva: Sambandha (in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• saṃpūrṇā: filled with gods
• saṃpūrṇā: Visheshana (of yā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'deva-saṃpūrṇā' = तत्पुरुष (filled with gods)

• pratyakṣayati: manifests/makes visible
• pratyakṣayati: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√akṣ (धातु: अक्ष्/अक्षयति ‘to make visible/manifest’)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhūtale: on the earth
• bhūtale: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūtala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (relative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-अव्यय (relative adverb), देशवाचक (locative sense)

• kṛtam: performed/done
• kṛtam: Kriya (participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + क्त (PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'done/performed'

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (of kṛtam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kiṃcit: some/any (little)
• kiṃcit: Visheshana (of tapaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम + निपात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite)

• anaṃta: endless/infinite
• anaṃta: Sambandha (in compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: an-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• phalam: infinite result
• phalam: Karta (of ucyate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'anaṃta-phala' = कर्मधारय (infinite fruit/result)

• ucyate: is said/is called
• ucyate: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि (passive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāñcīpurī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Kāñcī cityscape shimmering like heaven: devas visibly present above gopurams; a pilgrim performs a small tapas (lamp-vigil or japa) and a stream of light rises, symbolizing endless fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Kāñcīpurī
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places magnify spiritual effort—even small tapas performed there becomes immeasurably fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāñcīpurī, portrayed as a divine, heaven-like realm on earth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) is highlighted; even minimal practice at this site yields ‘anantaphala’ (endless merit).