Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

धर्मवर्मोवाच । अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । अद्य ते कृतकृत्योऽस्मि कृतः कृतिमतां वर

Transliteration

dharmavarmovāca | adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ | adya te kṛtakṛtyo'smi kṛtaḥ kṛtimatāṃ vara

Translation

دھرم ورما نے کہا: آج میرا جنم پھل دار ہوا، آج میری تپسیا بھی ثمر آور ہوئی۔ اے اہلِ کمال میں برتر، آج تمہارے سبب میں کِرتکِرتیہ (مقصد پورا کرنے والا) بن گیا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• dharmavarmā: Dharmavarman
• dharmavarmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharmavarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular); वक्ता (speaker)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• saphalam: fruitful; successful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; स+फल = 'with fruit/successful'

• janma: birth; life
• janma: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• saphalam: fruitful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tapaḥ: austerity; penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• te: for you; your
• te: Sambandha (For you/तुभ्यम्-अर्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (genitive/dative singular)

• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: fulfilled; accomplished
• kṛtakṛtyaḥ: Kriya-puraka (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta-kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular); कृत+कृत्य = 'one who has done what ought to be done'

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Copula/अस्ति-अर्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṛtaḥ: made; become
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya-puraka (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'made/become'

• kṛtimatām: of the accomplished (ones)
• kṛtimatām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (masculine, genitive plural)

• vara: O best (one)
• vara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, vocative/nominative singular); संबोधनार्थे

Speaker

Dharmavarman

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The instructing sage (unnamed in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Dharmavarman rises with folded hands, eyes moist with gratitude, praising the sage; attendants remain still; the hermitage glows with quiet sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmavarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and embracing dharma-teachings makes life and austerity ‘fruitful’ when it leads to inner fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on the transformative power of dharmic instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse expresses the result of receiving dharma-knowledge.