Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

तत्फलं स्तंभतीर्थे वै शनिदर्शे भविष्यति । एवं दत्ते वरे स्कंदस्तदा प्रीतमनाभवत्

Transliteration

tatphalaṃ staṃbhatīrthe vai śanidarśe bhaviṣyati | evaṃ datte vare skaṃdastadā prītamanābhavat

Translation

ผลบุญนั้นแลจักได้โดยแท้ ณ สตัมภตีรถะ ที่ศนิดรศะ ครั้นประทานพรดังนี้แล้ว พระสกันทะก็ปลาบปลื้มยินดีในดวงใจ

Word by Word

• तत्फलम्: that fruit/result
• तत्फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तस्य फलम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• स्तंभतीर्थे: at the Staṃbha-tīrtha
• स्तंभतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तंभ-तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—स्तंभस्य तीर्थम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• शनिदर्शे: at Śani-darśa (place of seeing Śani)
• शनिदर्शे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि-दर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—शनिदर्शनम् इति कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (तीर्थनाम)

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• दत्ते: when (it was) given
• दत्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; लोके—सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute)

• वरे: in the boon (being granted)
• वरे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (दत्ते वरे) सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः

• स्कंदः: Skanda
• स्कंदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रीतमनाः: having a pleased mind
• प्रीतमनाः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—प्रीतं मनः यस्य सः

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Sūta’s discourse (context: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa dialogue to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Staṃbhatīrtha (at Śanidarśa)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a pillar-marked tīrtha, Skanda (youthful warrior deity) stands radiant, granting a boon to devotees/sages; nearby is a dark, austere shrine/spot of Śanidarśa, with oil lamps and a black stone icon or planetary emblem; the atmosphere is concluding and auspicious.

Characters & Entities

• Staṃbhatīrtha
• Śanidarśa
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons often crystallize as sacred geography: specific tīrthas become reliable sources of spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Staṃbhatīrtha (and the associated Śanidarśa) is explicitly named as the locus where the described merit is obtained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-sevā—going to Staṃbhatīrtha/Śanidarśa for darśana and related observances to gain the stated fruit.