Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

आहरंती च पुष्पाणि बल्यर्थं तस्य वै मुनेः । वेदिसंमार्जनादीनि समिदाहरणानि च

Transliteration

āharaṃtī ca puṣpāṇi balyarthaṃ tasya vai muneḥ | vedisaṃmārjanādīni samidāharaṇāni ca

Translation

Sie brachte Blumen für die Opfergaben des Weisen und verrichtete auch Arbeiten wie das Reinigen der Vedi, des Altars, sowie das Herbeiholen von Samid, den Brennhölzern für die Riten.

Word by Word

• आहरन्ती: bringing
• आहरन्ती: Karta (Participial—subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘bringing’

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

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बल्यर्थम्: for offering (bali)
• बल्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; बलि + अर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of offering)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वेदीसंमार्जनादीनि: cleaning the altar and other tasks
• वेदीसंमार्जनादीनि: Karma (Object—things done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदी-सम्-मार्जन-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; वेदी + संमार्जन + आदि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘and other acts like cleaning the altar’

• समिदाहरणानि: bringing of firewood (kindling sticks)
• समिदाहरणानि: Karma (Object—things done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध्-आहरण (प्रातिपदिक; समिध् + आहरण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kāntimatī carrying fresh flowers; nearby she sweeps and cleans the vedi, and gathers samidh sticks; the sage’s altar glows softly with a small sacred fire.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Kāntimatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through humble, regular service that supports worship and Vedic-style offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named here; the verse provides the ritual-āśrama context for the later tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering flowers for bali, cleaning the vedi (altar), and collecting samidh (fuel-sticks) for sacred fires.