Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

शुचिरुवाच । ललने स्वागतं तेऽस्तु कस्य भार्या शुचिस्मिते

Transliteration

śuciruvāca | lalane svāgataṃ te'stu kasya bhāryā śucismite

Translation

Śuci sprach: „O holde Frau, sei willkommen. O du mit reinem Lächeln – wessen Gattin bist du?“

Word by Word

• शुचिः: Śuci
• शुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिनाम)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ललने: O woman
• ललने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Predicate/Complement (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; आशीर्वचनार्थे (as greeting)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (to you/of you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• कस्य: of whom/whose
• कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शुचिस्मिते: O one with a pure smile
• शुचिस्मिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शुचि स्मितं यस्याः)

Speaker

Śuci (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close scene at the hut entrance: the sage gestures welcome; the woman stands poised; the forest frames them; the moment is polite on the surface, charged underneath.

Characters & Entities

• Śuci (sage)
• Suśīlā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech and hospitality are shown as norms of āśrama culture, even as the narrative hints at an inner ethical test.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is a direct dialogue line in the forest-āśrama setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.