Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

महर्षे स्वागतं तेऽद्य कुतो वाऽग म्यते त्वया । स्नाने संध्यार्चने होमे कुशलं तव विद्यते

Transliteration

maharṣe svāgataṃ te'dya kuto vā'ga myate tvayā | snāne saṃdhyārcane home kuśalaṃ tava vidyate

Translation

O großer ṛṣi, sei heute willkommen! Woher bist du gekommen? Geht es dir wohl hinsichtlich des rituellen Bades, der Dämmerungsverehrung (sandhyā) und des heiligen Feueropfers (homa)?

Word by Word

• महर्षे: O great sage
• महर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Kriya (Elliptic predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-रूढ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वचन/अभिवादनार्थ (welcome)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुतः: from where?/why?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय; स्थान/हेतुवाचक (whence/why)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• आगम्यते: is come/you have come
• आगम्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्नाने: in bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संध्यार्चने: in sandhyā-worship
• संध्यार्चने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā + arcana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (worship of twilight-prayer)

• होमे: in the fire-offering
• होमे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (well-being)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists/is
• विद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Indra (Devarāja), greeting Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity/kingly figure welcomes a radiant mahārṣi arriving at the tīrtha; attendants hold water-pot and darbha; a small homa-kuṇḍa glows nearby; the river/sea-edge of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Nārada
• Snāna
• Sandhyā
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through nitya-karmas—daily disciplines like snāna, sandhyā, and homa—honored even in divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), where the tīrtha’s glory is taught in the surrounding discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), Sandhyā-arcana (twilight worship), and Homa (fire oblation) are explicitly referenced as daily observances.