Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

भये च साधुपूजायां चिरकारी न शस्यते । एवमुक्त्वा पुत्रभार्यासहितः प्राप्य चाश्रमम्

Transliteration

bhaye ca sādhupūjāyāṃ cirakārī na śasyate | evamuktvā putrabhāryāsahitaḥ prāpya cāśramam

Translation

In Zeiten der Gefahr und bei der Verehrung der Heiligen wird der Zögernde nicht gepriesen. So gesprochen, gelangte er mit Sohn und Gattin zum Āśrama.

Word by Word

• bhaye: in fear
• bhaye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sādhupūjāyām: in the worship of the virtuous (saints)
• sādhupūjāyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (साधूनां पूजा)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• cirakārī: a procrastinator; one who acts late
• cirakārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (चिरं करोति इति)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• śasyate: is praised/commended
• śasyate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śas (शस्/शंस् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present Indicative Passive, 3rd sg

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — having said

• putrabhāryāsahitaḥ: accompanied by (his) son and wife
• putrabhāryāsahitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (सहित, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular; समाहार/समुच्चयार्थ तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रेण भार्यया च सहितः)

• prāpya: having reached
• prāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप् धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) + ya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — having reached/obtained

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• āśramam: the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

Speaker

Narrator voice within Lomaharṣaṇa’s telling (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder, with son and wife, hastens toward a forest hermitage after warning that delay in danger and in honoring holy men is censured; the āśrama appears ahead with thatched huts and ascetics.

Characters & Entities

• sādhu (holy persons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not postpone righteous action—especially when danger is near or when honoring sādhus.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the scene references an āśrama setting without a geographical identifier.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sādhu-pūjā (honoring holy persons) is endorsed, emphasizing promptness.