Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

बहूदकस्य तीरे च यः कुर्य्याज्जपसाधनम् । सर्वं लक्षगुणं प्रोक्तं जपो होमश्च पूजनम्

Transliteration

bahūdakasya tīre ca yaḥ kuryyājjapasādhanam | sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ japo homaśca pūjanam

Translation

ผู้ใดบำเพ็ญสาธนะด้วยการสวดมนต์ภาวนา (ชปะ) ณ ฝั่งบหูทกะ—ชปะ โหมะ และปูชา ที่กระทำ ณ ที่นั้น กล่าวกันว่าให้ผลบุญเพิ่มพูนถึงแสนเท่า

Word by Word

• बहूदकस्य: of Bahūdaka (place/name)
• बहूदकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहूदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—बहु + उदक (कर्मधारय)

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जपसाधनम्: means/practice of japa
• जपसाधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप + साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—जपस्य साधनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सर्वम्: all; entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लक्षगुणम्: multiplied by a lakh; one-hundred-thousandfold
• लक्षगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—लक्षेण गुणितम्/लक्षगुणम् (तत्पुरुष)

• प्रोक्तम्: is declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (said/declared)

• जपः: japa (repetition)
• जपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• होमः: homa (fire-offering)
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet riverbank shrine at Bahūdaka: a sādhaka seated on kuśa grass with japa-mālā; a small homa-kuṇḍa with gentle flames; a liṅga or Śiva–Umā icon under a tree; offerings of bilva, flowers, and water; dawn light reflecting on the river.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka
• Japa
• Homa
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual disciplines become extraordinarily potent when performed in a consecrated sacred landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahūdaka tīra (the bank of Bahūdaka).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa-sādhana, along with homa and pūjā, with the claim of lakṣaguṇa (100,000×) merit.