Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भवादृशानां गमनं सर्वार्थेषु प्रकल्पते । ततस्तौ सुमुदा युक्तौ संजातौ हृष्टचेतसौ

Transliteration

bhavādṛśānāṃ gamanaṃ sarvārtheṣu prakalpate | tatastau sumudā yuktau saṃjātau hṛṣṭacetasau

Translation

La llegada de alguien como tú dispone el cumplimiento de todo propósito. Por ello, ambos, colmados de gran gozo, quedaron con el corazón jubiloso.

Word by Word

• भवत्: like you
• भवत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य पूर्वपद (genitive sense) समासे; ‘आदृशानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• आदृशानाम्: of those like (you)
• आदृशानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive plural)

• गमनम्: going/arrival
• गमनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भाववाचक कृदन्त (ल्युट्)

• सर्वार्थेषु: in all matters
• सर्वार्थेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (सर्वे अर्थाः)

• प्रकल्पते: is effective/serves (well)
• प्रकल्पते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतु/अनन्तरवाचक (adverb: ‘thereupon/then’)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• सु: very
• सु: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद/उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; ‘मुदा’ इत्यस्य तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: ‘with joy’)

• युक्तौ: joined/engaged
• युक्तौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• संजातौ: having become
• संजातौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• हृष्टचेतसौ: whose minds were delighted
• हृष्टचेतसौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टं चेतः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue frame (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures—sage and host—share delighted expressions after recognizing the auspiciousness of the meeting; the atmosphere is bright, welcoming, and celebratory yet restrained.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the virtuous is itself auspicious and becomes a means to fulfill both worldly and spiritual aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative by praising saintly presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implicitly upholds honoring and welcoming holy persons.