Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

एवं समर्चितस्ताभ्यां शिवयोगी महाद्युतिः । अतिवाह्य निशामेकां ययौ प्रातस्तदादृतः

Transliteration

evaṃ samarcitastābhyāṃ śivayogī mahādyutiḥ | ativāhya niśāmekāṃ yayau prātastadādṛtaḥ

Translation

So von ihnen gebührend verehrt, verbrachte der strahlende Śiva-Yogin jene eine Nacht dort; und bei Tagesanbruch zog er fort, mit großer Ehrfurcht behandelt.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb; ‘thus’)

• समर्चितः: well-honoured/worshipped
• समर्चितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√arc (धातु) → samarcita (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), द्विवचनम्; ‘by those two (women)’

• शिवयोगी: the Śiva-yogin
• शिवयोगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva + yogin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—शिवस्य योगी (a yogin devoted to Śiva)

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendour
• महाद्युतिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘शिवयोगी’ इति विशेषणम्; समासः—महती द्युतिः यस्य (greatly radiant)

• अतिवाह्य: having spent/passed
• अतिवाह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-√vah (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund); ‘having passed/spent’

• निशाम्: the night
• निशाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एकाम्: one
• एकाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘निशाम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• ययौ: he went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Kālādhi-karaṇa (Time adjunct/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time; ‘in the morning’)

• तत्: then
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोगः (correlative particle; ‘then/thereupon’)

• आदृतः: honoured/respected
• आदृतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√dṛ (धातु) → ādṛta (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘शिवयोगी’ इति विशेषणम् (honoured/respected)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night has passed; at dawn the radiant Śiva-yogin rises and departs, while the hosts stand with folded hands, having honored him fully; soft morning light enters the doorway.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣabha
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When holiness is welcomed and served with reverence, grace enters—even a brief visit can become spiritually decisive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is praised in this verse; it concludes the hospitality episode within the Avanti-set narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None newly; it summarizes the completed atithi-pūjā and respectful send-off at dawn.