Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

धनधान्यसमायुक्ते स्फीते सञ्जायते कुले । भक्तिर्भवति भूयोऽपि महाकालेश्वरार्चने

Transliteration

dhanadhānyasamāyukte sphīte sañjāyate kule | bhaktirbhavati bhūyo'pi mahākāleśvarārcane

Translation

وہ دولت اور غلے سے بھرپور، خوشحال خاندان میں جنم لیتا ہے۔ اور مہاکالیشور کی ارچنا (عبادت) کی طرف بار بار بھکتی جاگ اٹھتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• dhana-dhānya-samāyukte: in (a family) endowed with wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samāyukte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√yuj + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘धनधान्येन समायुक्ते’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषसमासः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• sphīte: prosperous
• sphīte: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sphīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sañjāyate: arises, is born
• sañjāyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√jan (धातु; जनँ/जनीँ)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; सम्-उपसर्गयुक्त

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• bhaktiḥ: devotion
• bhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhavati: becomes, arises
• bhavati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु; भू)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again, more
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/तुलनार्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘पुनः/अधिकम्’

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• mahākāleśvara-arcane: in the worship of Mahākāleśvara
• mahākāleśvara-arcane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘महाकालेश्वरस्य अर्चनम्’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāleśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous household offers worship at Mahākāleśvara: heaps of grain, lamps, and offerings; the devotee’s face shows serene devotion, implying repeated bhakti across births.

Characters & Entities

• Mahākāleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True prosperity is paired with renewed devotion—material wellbeing is depicted as supporting continued Śiva-arcana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahākāleśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (formal worship) of Mahākāleśvara is highlighted as the devotional practice.