Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

प्रशशंस च तान्विप्रान्हारीतप्रमुखांस्तदा । अहो वसुमती धन्या द्विजैरेवंविधोत्तमैः

Transliteration

praśaśaṃsa ca tānviprānhārītapramukhāṃstadā | aho vasumatī dhanyā dvijairevaṃvidhottamaiḥ

Translation

Then he praised those brāhmaṇas, with Hārīta foremost among them: “Ah! Blessed is the earth, graced by such excellent twice-born ones!”

Word by Word

• प्रशशंस: praised
• प्रशशंस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• तान्: those
• तान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘विप्रान्’ इति विशेषण

• विप्रान्: brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• हारीतप्रमुखान्: with Hārīta as the foremost
• हारीतप्रमुखान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हारीत + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘हारीतः प्रमुखः येषाम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसमासः; ‘विप्रान्’ इति विशेषण

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb) ‘then’

• अहो: ah!/indeed
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/प्रशंसार्थक-निपात (exclamation)

• वसुमती: the earth
• वसुमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• धन्या: blessed
• धन्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘वसुमती’ इति विशेषण

• द्विजैः: by brahmins
• द्विजैः: Karana (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• एवंविधोत्तमैः: by such excellent (ones)
• एवंविधोत्तमैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः ‘एवंविधाः उत्तमाः’ (of such excellent kind); ‘द्विजैः’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya) (deduced from continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhāskara praises Hārīta and the brāhmaṇas; the earth is poetically declared blessed; sages stand in dignified humility as divine radiance falls upon them.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Hārīta
• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ, dvijāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Society and the world are uplifted when guided by exemplary, dharma-rooted brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse glorifies the earth (vasumatī) through the presence of righteous dvijas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of praise and auspiciousness.