Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
इत्यादिष्टा मुनींद्रेण सा बाला मुदिता भृशम् । प्रत्यग्रहीत्सुविश्रब्धा तद्वाक्यं सुमनोहरम्
Transliteration
ityādiṣṭā munīṃdreṇa sā bālā muditā bhṛśam | pratyagrahītsuviśrabdhā tadvākyaṃ sumanoharam
Translation
मुनीन्द्र के उपदेश से वह बालिका अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुई। पूर्ण विश्वास और निश्चिन्त भाव से उसने उनके मनोहर वचनों को स्वीकार किया।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)
ādiṣṭāhaving been instructed/commanded
ādiṣṭā:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√diś (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘आदिष्टा’ = आदेशिता/निर्दिष्टा
munīndreṇaby the lord of sages
munīndreṇa:
Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (munīnām indraḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
sāshe
sā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
bālāthe girl
bālā:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbālā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
muditādelighted
muditā:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmudita (प्रातिपदिक; √mud (धातु) + kta)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
bhṛśamgreatly
bhṛśam:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhṛśam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
pratyagṛhītshe accepted/received
pratyagṛhīt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√grah (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
suviśrabdhāvery confident/at ease
suviśrabdhā:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu- (उपसर्ग) + viśrabdha (प्रातिपदिक; √śrambh/√śrabh + kta)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सु’ उपसर्गयुक्त
tadthat
tad:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
vākyamstatement/words
vākyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
su-manoharamvery charming
su-manoharam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu- (उपसर्ग) + manohara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपसर्ग ‘सु’ युक्त
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in snippet)
Characters & Entities
M
munīndra (a great sage)B
bālā (young girl)FAQs
True guidance received from a realized sage should be accepted with śraddhā (trust), for such words uplift the heart and steady the mind.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the sanctifying power of saintly instruction.
None directly; the verse emphasizes receptive faith toward a sage’s counsel.