Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

पूज्योऽहं च कृतार्थोहं धन्योहं चाद्य नारद । युष्मत्पादप्रसादाच्च पूज्योऽहं भुवनत्रये

Transliteration

pūjyo'haṃ ca kṛtārthohaṃ dhanyohaṃ cādya nārada | yuṣmatpādaprasādācca pūjyo'haṃ bhuvanatraye

Translation

Und heute, o Nārada, bin ich verehrungswürdig; ich bin zum Ziel gelangt; ich bin gesegnet. Durch die Gnade deiner Füße bin ich in den drei Welten verehrungswürdig.

Word by Word

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/नीयार्थ) — ‘worthy of worship’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• कृतार्थः: fulfilled, successful
• कृतार्थः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• धन्यः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अहम्)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kriya-Visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• युष्मत्पादप्रसादात्: from the grace of your feet
• युष्मत्पादप्रसादात्: Apadana/Hetu (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मत्पादप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; युष्मत् + पाद + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (due to the grace of your feet)

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

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पूज् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थ

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवनत्रय (प्रातिपदिक; भुवन + त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (in the three worlds)

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker praises Nārada; Nārada stands or sits with vīṇā, serene smile; a tri-loka motif (three stacked realms or three halos) subtly indicates ‘bhūvana-traye’.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Nārada
• Three Worlds (Bhuvana-traya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual honor and true worth arise from the grace of the holy—humility before saints is itself elevating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse emphasizes saintly grace as a universal purifier within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the implied practice is honoring the sage and seeking pāda-prasāda (blessing).