Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ते तु संतुष्टमनसा सन्मुखाः प्रययुर्मुदा । प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां परिरंभणकं तथा

Transliteration

te tu saṃtuṣṭamanasā sanmukhāḥ prayayurmudā | pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ pariraṃbhaṇakaṃ tathā

Translation

Dann traten sie, mit erfreutem Herzen, voller Freude von Angesicht zu Angesicht heran: Sie erhoben sich zum Empfang, brachten ehrerbietige Grüße dar und umarmten sie ebenso.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• संतुष्टमनसा: with a satisfied mind
• संतुष्टमनसा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संतुष्ट-मनस् (प्रातिपदिक); सन्तुष्ट (सम्+तुष् धातु, क्त) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत् (with a satisfied mind)

• सन्मुखाः: facing (them)/in front
• सन्मुखाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सन्मुख (प्रातिपदिक); सत् (अस् धातु, शतृ) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• प्रययुः: they went/approached
• प्रययुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्याम्: by rising up and by salutation
• प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्याम्: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्युत्थान-अभिवाद (प्रातिपदिक); प्रत्युत्थान (प्रति+उत्+स्था धातु, ल्युट्) + अभिवाद (अभि+वद् धातु, घञ्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन

• परिरम्भणकम्: embracing
• परिरम्भणकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिरम्भणक (प्रातिपदिक); परि+रभ् (धातु) + ल्युट्/ण्वुलादि-प्रत्यय (action noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'also/likewise')

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Vyāsa’s narrated episode; immediate verse does not restate speaker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warm reception: hosts rise, bow with folded hands, and embrace the arriving brāhmaṇas; faces show joy and mutual respect, with the sacred stone episode looming as the reason for assembly.

Characters & Entities

• travelers (pathikāḥ implied)
• welcoming party (sons/grandsons implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself through respectful reception—honoring guests and pilgrims with humility and warmth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, as the sacred setting where dharmic hospitality is enacted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Social-ritual duties of welcome are indicated: pratyutthāna (rising to greet), abhivāda (salutation), and pariraṃbhaṇa (embrace).