Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अथ तान्सत्वरं गत्वा वंदयामास पार्थिव । बालः सविनयोपेतः सर्वांश्चैव यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

atha tānsatvaraṃ gatvā vaṃdayāmāsa pārthiva | bālaḥ savinayopetaḥ sarvāṃścaiva yathākramam

Translation

Dann, o König, eilte der Knabe zu ihnen und erwies ihnen Verehrung; von Demut getragen, grüßte er alle der Reihe nach.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘quickly’)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive: having gone)

• वन्दयामास: paid homage, saluted
• वन्दयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वन्द् (धातु) + यामास (सहायक-क्रिया: आस्)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सविनयोपेतः: endowed with humility
• सविनयोपेतः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + विनय + उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• यथाक्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘in due order’)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as 'pārthiva'

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boy runs lightly from the hermitage courtyard toward the arriving sages, then slows, folds hands, and bows to each sage in sequence; the sages stand in a dignified line.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• the King (listener)
• boy (brahmacārī)
• Saptarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True refinement is shown by prompt, orderly reverence to saints—humility becomes a living form of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the scene supports the broader tīrtha-yātrā atmosphere of the Arbuda narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vandana (paying homage) and observing proper order (yathākramam) in salutations is implied.