Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

धनाध्यक्षः प्रचिक्षेप स्वर्गेप्सुः स्वधनं यथा । मुक्तायां वै नादोऽभूत्प्रलये यथा

Transliteration

dhanādhyakṣaḥ pracikṣepa svargepsuḥ svadhanaṃ yathā | muktāyāṃ vai nādo'bhūtpralaye yathā

Translation

دھنادھیکش نے اسے یوں پھینکا جیسے سَورگ کے آرزو مند اپنی دولت دان کر دیتا ہے۔ جب وہ چھوڑا گیا تو ایسا گرج دار ناد اٹھا جیسے پرلے کے وقت کی آواز۔

Word by Word

• धनाध्यक्षः: the superintendent of wealth (Kubera)
• धनाध्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रचिक्षेप: hurled forth
• प्रचिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• स्वर्गेप्सुः: desiring heaven
• स्वर्गेप्सुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग + इप्सु (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying) धनाध्यक्षः; इप्सु = desiderative adjective (‘desiring’)

• स्वधनम्: one's own wealth
• स्वधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + धन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Upamana (Simile marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle: ‘as/like’)

• मुक्तायाम्: when/while (it was) released; in the release (of the weapon)
• मुक्तायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नादः: a sound, roar
• नादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभूत्: arose, was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• प्रलये: at the dissolution (cosmic deluge)
• प्रलये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Upamana (Simile marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle: ‘as/like’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera hurls the great mace with the same decisiveness as a pious donor gives away his own treasure for heaven; the release produces a terrifying roar like pralaya.

Characters & Entities

• Kubera (Dhanādhyakṣa/Vaiśravaṇa)
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna (self-giving) is praised as a heaven-leading virtue; even in battle-poetry the Purāṇa elevates renunciation over possession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it uses ethical comparison (dāna for svarga) within a narrative scene.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the merit of dāna (charitable giving) is invoked, though no specific rite, time, or item is prescribed.