Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

सा राज्ञी स कुमारश्च शिवयोगिनमागतम् । मुहुर्मुहुः प्रणम्योभौ पूजयामासतुर्मुदा

Transliteration

sā rājñī sa kumāraśca śivayoginamāgatam | muhurmuhuḥ praṇamyobhau pūjayāmāsaturmudā

Translation

रानी और कुमार ने शिवयोगी को आया देख बार-बार प्रणाम किया और दोनों ने हर्षपूर्वक उनकी पूजा-आदर किया।

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• कुमारः: the prince
• कुमारः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction/and)

• शिवयोगिनम्: the Śiva-yogi
• शिवयोगिनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवयोगिन् (प्रातिपदिक) = शिव + योगिन् (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• आगतम्: who had come
• आगतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time/frequency)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-√नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव

• उभौ: both (of them)
• उभौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); द्विवचन

• पूजयामासतुः: they both worshipped/honoured
• पूजयामासतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परस्मैपद-लिट्); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; भावे (as adverbial instrumental)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen and young prince stand together, repeatedly bowing to the arriving Śiva-yogin; offerings are arranged—water vessel, flowers, incense—faces bright with reverent joy.

Characters & Entities

• rājñī (queen)
• kumāra (prince)
• Śivayogin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to saints and teachers—through bowing and worship—is upheld as a living expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the focus is on proper reception of a holy person.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, pūjā and praṇāma (honoring with worship and prostration) are presented as righteous conduct.