Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सहसोत्थाय शातातपपुरोगमाः । अर्घ्यपाद्यादिसत्कारैः पूजयामासुर्मां द्विजाः

Transliteration

tataste sahasotthāya śātātapapurogamāḥ | arghyapādyādisatkāraiḥ pūjayāmāsurmāṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

ثم إنّ ذوي الولادتين، يتقدّمهم شاتاتابا، نهضوا على الفور وأكرموني بتقديمات الاحترام—الأرغيا (ماء الإكرام) والباديا (ماء غسل القدمين) وسائر ضروب الضيافة الطقسية.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sahasā: quickly
• sahasā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): सहसा (suddenly/quickly)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): उत्थाय (having risen)

• śātātapa-purogamāḥ: led by Śātātapa
• śātātapa-purogamāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śātātapa (प्रातिपदिक) + purogama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/निर्देशः: शातातपः पुरोगमः येषाम् (those led by Śātātapa)

• arghya-pādya-ādi-satkāraiḥ: with honors like arghya and pādya
• arghya-pādya-ādi-satkāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक) + pādya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय) + satkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); समासः: अर्घ्यं च पाद्यं च आदयः (etc.) तैः सत्कारैः (with honors such as arghya and pādya)

• pūjayāmāsuḥ: they worshipped
• pūjayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (they worshipped)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative, Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• dvijāḥ: the Brahmins
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Nārada (narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas rise together, led by Śātātapa, offering arghya and pādya to the arriving sage with folded hands and ritual vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Śātātapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring guests and sages with proper hospitality is upheld as a core expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on righteous conduct (atithi-satkāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arghya and pādya offerings (standard honors for a revered guest) are explicitly mentioned.