Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

मनोजव उवाच । पराशरमुने त्वद्य त्वत्पादाब्जनिषेवणात्

Transliteration

manojava uvāca | parāśaramune tvadya tvatpādābjaniṣevaṇāt

Translation

Manojava sprach: O Weiser Parāśara, heute, durch den Dienst an deinen Lotosfüßen—

Word by Word

• मनोजवः: Manojava
• मनोजवः: Karta (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोजव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पराशरमुने: O sage Parāśara
• पराशरमुने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (पराशरः मुनिः)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (today/now)

• त्वत्पादाब्जनिषेवणात्: from serving your lotus-feet
• त्वत्पादाब्जनिषेवणात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्ज (प्रातिपदिक) + नि+सेव (धातु) + अन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-पाद-अब्जस्य) + उपपद-तत्पुरुष (निषेवणम्)

Speaker

Manojava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, hands folded, speaks reverently to Parāśara, gaze lowered toward the sage’s feet; the atmosphere is calm after the miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Manojava
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to a realized sage (guru-bhakti) is portrayed as a direct cause of inner purification and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on the sanctity of saintly association within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Niṣevaṇa (reverential service) to the sage is indicated as a devotional practice.