Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

व्यासाश्रमे शुभे रम्ये संतुष्टा आययुर्नृप । दृष्ट्वा तान्सोऽपि विप्रेन्द्रानभ्युत्थानकृतोद्यमः

Transliteration

vyāsāśrame śubhe ramye saṃtuṣṭā āyayurnṛpa | dṛṣṭvā tānso'pi viprendrānabhyutthānakṛtodyamaḥ

Translation

O König, mit zufriedenen Herzen kamen sie zur glückverheißenden, lieblichen Einsiedelei Vyāsas. Als er jene erstrangigen Brahmanenweisen erblickte, beeilte auch er sich, aufzustehen und sie ehrerbietig zu begrüßen.

Word by Word

• व्यास-आश्रमे: in Vyāsa’s hermitage
• व्यास-आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of Vyāsa’ + ‘hermitage’)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘āśrame’)

• रम्ये: delightful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• संतुष्टाः: satisfied
• संतुष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तुष् (धातु) → संतुष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (they) being satisfied

• आययुः: they came
• आययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावरूप कृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• विप्र-इन्द्रान्: the chiefs among brāhmaṇas
• विप्र-इन्द्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of brāhmaṇas’ + ‘chiefs’)

• अभ्युत्थान-कृत-उद्यमः: eager to rise (in respect)
• अभ्युत्थान-कृत-उद्यमः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-उत्-स्था (धातु) → अभ्युत्थान (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त, क्त) + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘standing up’ + ‘done’ + ‘effort’): one whose effort was to rise in greeting

Speaker

Narrator (addressing the listener as 'nṛpa')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vyāsa-āśrama (Revā region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A verdant, auspicious hermitage with thatched huts and sacrificial fires; sages arrive peacefully, and a king rises quickly from his seat, hands poised in reverence, eyes lowered in humility.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sages (viprendras)
• King (listener, unnamed in snippet)
• Narmadā context (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring realized guests—rising to welcome and serving sages—is a core expression of dharma and spiritual culture.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vyāsa’s āśrama within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is highlighted as a sanctified meeting-place of sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is atithi-satkāra: respectful reception of guests, especially brāhmaṇa-sages (abhyutthāna).