Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तस्यानंतं भवेत्पुण्यं रथं यश्च प्रपूजयेत् । रथयात्रां च कुरुते यस्मिन्यस्मिन्नसौ पथि

Transliteration

tasyānaṃtaṃ bhavetpuṇyaṃ rathaṃ yaśca prapūjayet | rathayātrāṃ ca kurute yasminyasminnasau pathi

Translation

凡如法礼敬彼车者，得无尽功德；又凡随其所行之路而举行战车巡行（ratha-yātrā）者，亦同获福业。

Word by Word

• tasya: for him; of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of him/for him'

• anantam: endless
• anantam: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ananta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying puṇyam)

• bhavet: will be; would be
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 'would be/shall be'

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ratham: the chariot
• ratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 'should worship'

• ratha-yātrām: the chariot procession
• ratha-yātrām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — 'chariot-procession'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• kurute: performs
• kurute: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'does/performs'

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• yasmin: in whichever
• yasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — पुनरुक्ति (each and every)

• asau: that (chariot/procession)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — 'that (one)'

• pathi: on the path
• pathi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — 'on the path/road'

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya ratha-yātrā (at the Siddheśa–kuṇḍa complex)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand chariot (ratha) of the deity is worshipped; devotees conduct the ratha-yātrā along its route, with offerings, banners, and orderly crowds.

Characters & Entities

• Ratha
• Rathayātrā
• Puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through communal festival worship (ratha-pūjā and rathayātrā) yields inexhaustible spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes the sacred chariot-festival connected to Bhaṭṭāditya’s worship context, rather than naming a separate tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the ratha and performance of the rathayātrā along its procession route.