Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

गीर्भिर्यथार्थाभिरभिष्टुतो जनैर्मुनीश्वरैर्देवगणैर्महात्मा । त्वरेण गच्छन्स च यज्ञवाटं प्राप्तस्तदानीं जगदेकबंधुः

Transliteration

gīrbhiryathārthābhirabhiṣṭuto janairmunīśvarairdevagaṇairmahātmā | tvareṇa gacchansa ca yajñavāṭaṃ prāptastadānīṃ jagadekabaṃdhuḥ

Translation

Von Menschen, großen Munis und den Scharen der Götter mit passenden, wahrhaftigen Worten gepriesen, eilte jener Großgesinnte dahin und erreichte die Opferstätte des Yajña—den einzigen Freund der ganzen Welt.

Word by Word

• गीर्भिः: with words/hymns
• गीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• यथार्थाभिः: truthful/appropriate
• यथार्थाभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गीर्भिः)

• अभिष्टुतः: praised
• अभिष्टुतः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘praised’

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• मुनीश्वरैः: by lordly sages
• मुनीश्वरैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• देवगणैः: by hosts of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद/विशेष्य

• त्वरेण: with haste
• त्वरेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गच्छन्: going
• गच्छन्: Kriya (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सहक्रिया

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• यज्ञवाटम्: the sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + वाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त; intransitive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having arrived/arrived’

• तदानीम्: at that time
• तदानीम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘at that time’)

• जगदेकबन्धुः: the sole friend of the world
• जगदेकबन्धुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समास (jagat-eka-bandhu)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bali-yajña-vāṭa (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, praised by people, sages, and hosts of gods with truthful words, hastens and arrives at the yajña enclosure—portrayed as the universal friend moving toward his destined encounter with Bali.

Characters & Entities

• Munis
• Devas
• Vāmana/Viṣṇu (implied as jagadekabandhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True praise aligns with truth (yathārtha); devotion and recognition of the Lord’s guardianship support dharma in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The yajñavāṭa (sacrificial arena) is the immediate setting; the Kedārakhaṇḍa frame continues to sacralize the broader Himalayan narrative space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymns of praise) in a yajña context—honoring the divine with truthful words.