Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विरराम महेश्वरः । वसिष्ठोऽपि सुहृष्टात्मा गौतमाद्या मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ virarāma maheśvaraḥ | vasiṣṭho'pi suhṛṣṭātmā gautamādyā munīśvarāḥ

Translation

Sūta dit : Après avoir prononcé ces paroles, Maheśvara se tut. Vasiṣṭha aussi, le cœur comblé de joie, et les seigneurs des sages, à commencer par Gautama, se réjouirent.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘said’

• एतावत्: this much
• एतावत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘this much’ (as measure)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘having spoken’

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विरराम: ceased
• विरराम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘ceased; stopped’

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• सुहृष्ट-आत्मा: of very delighted heart
• सुहृष्ट-आत्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose self is very delighted’ (qualifies वसिष्ठः)

• गौतम-आद्याः: Gautama and others
• गौतम-आद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘Gautama and others’

• मुनीश्वराः: sage-lords
• मुनीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘lords among sages’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied by Sūta-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forested mountain hermitage court: Maheśvara’s presence just concluded; sages like Vasiṣṭha and Gautama sit radiant and pleased, hands in añjali, the air quiet after divine speech.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Gautama
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True teachings on a tīrtha and deity’s greatness bring joy and affirmation to realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains the Acaleśvara-liṅga and its associated tīrthas in Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition noting the end of Śiva’s discourse.