Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

अद्य नः सफला वेदा अद्य नः सफलाः क्रियाः । अद्य नः सफलं गेहं त्वया संगम्य गोपते

Transliteration

adya naḥ saphalā vedā adya naḥ saphalāḥ kriyāḥ | adya naḥ saphalaṃ gehaṃ tvayā saṃgamya gopate

Translation

วันนี้พระเวทของเราบังเกิดผล วันนี้พิธีกรรมของเราบังเกิดผล วันนี้แม้เรือนของเราก็เป็นมงคลยิ่ง เพราะได้พบพระองค์ ข้าแต่โคปติ ผู้เป็นเจ้าและผู้พิทักษ์

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• सफलाः: fruitful
• सफलाः: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying वेदाः)

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• सफलाः: fruitful
• सफलाः: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying क्रियाः)

• क्रियाः: rites/actions
• क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक

• सफलम्: fruitful
• सफलम्: Karta-predicate (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying गेहम्)

• गेहम्: house/home
• गेहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• संगम्य: having met
• संगम्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावेन; धातु: गम्, उपसर्ग: सम्; ‘having met/approached’

• गोपते: O lord of cows
• गोपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (lord of cows; epithet of the Sun)

Speaker

Dvijottamāḥ (addressing Sūrya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household/āśrama scene: Vedic reciters and ritual fires in the background; the Sun-god’s presence (or radiant manifestation) makes the devotees proclaim that their Vedas, rites, and home have become fruitful.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture and ritual reach their completion when they culminate in living divine encounter and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Jayāditya-sthāna, where meeting Sūrya is declared to fulfill Vedic and ritual aims.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified; the verse states the ‘phala’ (fulfillment) of Vedic study and performed kriyās through Sūrya-saṅgama.