Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत्राहं पार्थ संप्राप्तो यत्रास्ते मुनिसत्तमः । भृगुः परमधर्मात्मातपसा द्योतितप्रभः

Transliteration

tatrāhaṃ pārtha saṃprāpto yatrāste munisattamaḥ | bhṛguḥ paramadharmātmātapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ

Translation

Dort, o Pārtha, kam ich an—wo der erhabenste der Weisen, Bhṛgu, weilte; höchst rechtschaffen, dessen Glanz durch Askese (tapas) erleuchtet war.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

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

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• सम्प्राप्तः: arrived
• सम्प्राप्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having arrived)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (where)

• आस्ते: dwells/sits
• आस्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां सत्तमः)

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परमधर्मात्मा: supremely righteous-souled
• परमधर्मात्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्मात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमः धर्मात्मा)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• द्योतितप्रभः: whose radiance is made brilliant
• द्योतितप्रभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्योतित (कृदन्त; √द्यु/द्योत्) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभाव: द्योतिता प्रभा यस्य (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः)

Speaker

Uncertain from snippet; likely a narrator recounting events to a listener addressed as Pārtha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛgu-āśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler arrives at a forest hermitage; Bhṛgu, luminous with austerity, sits composed; the visitor addresses ‘Pārtha’ in narration, emphasizing a heroic yet reverent journey.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas (austerity) matures into spiritual brilliance, and the truly righteous sage becomes a living sanctity for the place he inhabits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Bhṛgu’s residence/āśrama as the sacred locus; a named pilgrimage site is not specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it emphasizes tapas and dharma as the foundational disciplines.