Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अद्य धन्या वयं सर्वे तवागमनमात्रतः । पावितं नः कुलं सर्वं गृहं च सफलीकृतम्

Transliteration

adya dhanyā vayaṃ sarve tavāgamanamātrataḥ | pāvitaṃ naḥ kulaṃ sarvaṃ gṛhaṃ ca saphalīkṛtam

Translation

Aujourd’hui, nous sommes tous bénis par ta seule venue. Toute notre lignée est purifiée, et notre demeure est rendue féconde et accomplie.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “today/now”)

• धन्याः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्याः: Karta-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (of वयम्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• आगमन: coming, arrival
• आगमन: Hetu/ Nimitta (Cause/occasion within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय) → आगमन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदसम्बन्धः (with तव); प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण

• मात्रतः: merely by, just because of
• मात्रतः: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverbial: “merely/from the measure of”)

• पावितम्: purified
• पावितम्: Karma-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) → पावित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (of कुलम्)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सफलीकृतम्: made fruitful, fulfilled
• सफलीकृतम्: Karma-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-फल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईकृ (धातु √कृ) → सफलीकृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (made fruitful)

Speaker

The girl’s family/relatives addressing the sage (collective)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble household-āśrama welcomes a radiant muni; family members with folded hands offer pādya/arghya; the threshold is decorated; the mood is of auspicious arrival and sanctification of the home.

Characters & Entities

• muni (sage)
• kula (lineage)
• gṛha (home)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association is transformative: the presence of the righteous purifies family life and makes domestic existence spiritually meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the sage himself is treated as a moving tīrtha (cara-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit; the implied dharma is honoring the guest-sage and recognizing the sanctity of his visit.