Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुवन्महा योगी गालवो मुनिपुंगवः । धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे तस्थौ ध्यानपरायणः

Transliteration

evaṃ stuvanmahā yogī gālavo munipuṃgavaḥ | dharmapuṣkariṇītīre tasthau dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir loué le Seigneur, le grand yogin Gālava—taureau parmi les sages—demeura sur la rive de Dharmapuṣkariṇī, tout entier voué à la méditation.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-वाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• स्तुवन्: praising
• स्तुवन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय/वर्तमानकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि; विशेषण (योगी/गालवः)

• महायोगी: the great yogi
• महायोगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (महायोगी इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन)

• मुनिपुंगवः: bull among sages; foremost sage
• मुनिपुंगवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (गालवस्य विशेषणम्)

• धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे: on the bank of the Dharma-lake
• धर्मपुष्करिणीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + पुष्करिणी + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तस्थौ: stood; remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ध्यानपरायणः: devoted to meditation
• ध्यानपरायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्यान + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (गालवः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmapuṣkariṇī

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the quiet bank of Dharmapuṣkariṇī, Gālava stands briefly after praise, then settles into meditation—straight posture, half-closed eyes—while the water reflects dawn light and the air is still.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Dharmapuṣkariṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise (stuti) naturally ripens into meditation (dhyāna); a tīrtha becomes most potent when used for sustained inner absorption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmapuṣkariṇī, highlighted as a sanctified bank where a great sage remains established in meditation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The sequence implied is stotra (praise) followed by dhyāna (meditative absorption) at the holy waterside.