Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

तं दृष्ट्वा संगतं रुद्रं कुमुदः स्वयमाययौ । धन्योऽहं कृतपुण्योऽहं यस्य मे गृहमागतौ

Transliteration

taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃgataṃ rudraṃ kumudaḥ svayamāyayau | dhanyo'haṃ kṛtapuṇyo'haṃ yasya me gṛhamāgatau

Translation

Voyant Rudra arrivé en compagnie, Kumuda s’avança lui-même et dit : «Je suis béni, je suis comblé de mérite, puisque vous deux êtes venus jusqu’à ma demeure.»

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having seen’

• saṃgatam: met/assembled
• saṃgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam (गम्) + sam-; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• rudram: Rudra (Śiva)
• rudram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• kumudaḥ: Kumuda
• kumudaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: oneself)

• āyayau: came
• āyayau: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• dhanyaḥ: blessed/fortunate
• dhanyaḥ: Viśeṣya-bhāva (विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• kṛtapuṇyaḥ: one who has done merit
• kṛtapuṇyaḥ: Viśeṣya-bhāva (विशेष्यभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय) + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतं पुण्यं येन/यस्य)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• gṛham: house/home
• gṛham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायां कर्म (destination as object)

• āgatau: have come (the two)
• āgatau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam (गम्) + ā-; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator quoting Kumuda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Kumuda-gṛha episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumuda rushes forward on seeing Rudra arrive with his companion; hands folded, eyes bright with gratitude; he proclaims himself blessed as the divine pair enters his home.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Kumuda
• Hari (implied as the second visitor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving the divine (and honoring guests) is portrayed as a source of great puṇya and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where divine visitation sanctifies the locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is specified, but the spirit of atithi-satkāra (honoring guests) is highlighted.