Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

पथिकानां वचः श्रुत्वा हर्षपूर्णा द्विजोत्तमाः । शांतिपाठं पठन्तस्ते हृष्टा निजगृहान्ययुः

Transliteration

pathikānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā harṣapūrṇā dvijottamāḥ | śāṃtipāṭhaṃ paṭhantaste hṛṣṭā nijagṛhānyayuḥ

Translation

Entendant les paroles des voyageurs, les meilleurs des deux-fois-nés furent comblés de joie. Récitant le Śānti-pāṭha, ils s’en allèrent avec allégresse vers leurs demeures.

Word by Word

• पथिकानाम्: of the travellers
• पथिकानाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), बहुवचन

• वचः: speech / words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त; √श्रु धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• हर्षपूर्णाः: filled with joy
• हर्षपूर्णाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हर्षेण पूर्णाः)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमाः)

• शांतिपाठम्: peace-chant
• शांतिपाठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति + पाठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शान्तेः पाठः)

• पठन्तः: reciting
• पठन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठत् (कृदन्त; √पठ् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हृष्टाः: gladdened
• हृष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त; √हृष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• निजगृहाणि: their own homes
• निजगृहाणि: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + गृह (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (निजानि गृहाणि)

• अयुः: went
• अयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas, joyful, chant śānti-pāṭha with raised palms or holding darbha; the travellers listen; then the brāhmaṇas depart toward their homes in orderly lines.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joy and peace arise when sacred counsel is heard and peace-invocations are recited with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the implied sacred locale where śānti recitation accompanies the pilgrims’ movement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of the Śānti-pāṭha as an auspicious concluding act before departure.