Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सफलान्यद्य सर्वाणि तपांसि चरितानि मे । यदहं शंभुनादिष्टं माहात्म्यं कीर्त्तये श्रुतम्

Transliteration

saphalānyadya sarvāṇi tapāṃsi caritāni me | yadahaṃ śaṃbhunādiṣṭaṃ māhātmyaṃ kīrttaye śrutam

Translation

วันนี้ตบะทั้งปวงที่ข้าพเจ้าบำเพ็ญมาล้วนสัมฤทธิ์ผล เพราะบัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าประกาศมหาตมยะที่พระศัมภูทรงบัญชา ซึ่งข้าพเจ้าได้สดับมาแล้ว

Word by Word

• सफलानि: fruitful/successful
• सफलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तपांसि: austerities/penances
• तपांसि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• चरितानि: performed/practised
• चरितानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर् (धातु) → चरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त—‘performed’

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular) (enclitic)

• यत्: because/since
• यत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ अव्ययीभावार्थे अव्यय-प्रयोगः (indeclinable ‘because/inasmuch as’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• आदिष्टम्: commanded/ordained
• आदिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु) → आदिष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘commanded/ordered’

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (sacred glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कीर्त्तये: I proclaim/recite
• कीर्त्तये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्/विधिलिङ्?—अत्र विध्यर्थे प्रथमपुरुष? न; रूपम् ‘कीर्त्तये’ = लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; ‘I proclaim’

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘heard’ (qualifying माहात्म्यम्)

Speaker

Gautama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor addressed in the section (a noble listener, later addressed as ‘anavadyāṅgī’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage, humbled and grateful, declares that his austerities have succeeded because he can now proclaim Śambhu’s enjoined māhātmya; listeners gather reverently.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest fruition of austerity is service to dharma through transmitting sacred teachings that glorify Śiva and His kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇācala, whose māhātmya is being proclaimed as instructed by Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kīrtana/proclamation of māhātmya (sacred narration), presented as a dharmic act flowing from tapas and divine instruction.