Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अन्यच्चैव मुनिश्रेष्ठ तवागमनकारणम् । शुभाय च सुखायैव क्षेमाय च जयाय हि

Transliteration

anyaccaiva muniśreṣṭha tavāgamanakāraṇam | śubhāya ca sukhāyaiva kṣemāya ca jayāya hi

Translation

Und ferner, o Bester der Weisen, gibt es auch den Grund deines Kommens: wahrlich, es ist zum Heil, zum Glück, zum Wohlergehen und zum Sieg.

Word by Word

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अर्थे—‘another (matter)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आगमनकारणम्: reason for (your) coming
• आगमनकारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगमनकारण (प्रातिपदिक; आगमन + कारण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘cause of coming’

• शुभाय: for auspiciousness
• शुभाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for auspiciousness)

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

• सुखाय: for happiness
• सुखाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• क्षेमाय: for welfare, security
• क्षेमाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

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

• जयाय: for victory
• जयाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

Speaker

Yama (contextual; addressing Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Best of sages (contextually Nārada)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered sage arrives at a forest hermitage; the host speaks of the auspicious purpose of the visit—welfare, happiness, victory—while attendants prepare water and seats.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The coming of a great sage is itself a blessing, bringing auspiciousness and welfare to the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named here; it continues the auspicious framing of the Dharmāraṇya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a benedictory statement about the fruit of saintly presence.