Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अथ सर्वान्समाहूय महर्षीनमितद्युतीन् । प्रसाद्य प्रार्थयामास तस्य पुंस्त्वं महीपतिः

Transliteration

atha sarvānsamāhūya maharṣīnamitadyutīn | prasādya prārthayāmāsa tasya puṃstvaṃ mahīpatiḥ

Translation

तब राजा ने अपरिमित तेजस्वी समस्त महर्षियों को बुलाया; उन्हें प्रसन्न करके उसने उनसे उस पुरुषत्व की पुनः-प्राप्ति के लिए प्रार्थना की।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हु (धातु) → समाहूय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• महर्षीन्: great sages
• महर्षीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अमितद्युतीन्: of immeasurable radiance
• अमितद्युतीन्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive: ‘whose splendor is immeasurable’), पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated/pleased
• प्रसाद्य: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) → प्रसाद्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्; causative sense ‘to please’)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• प्रार्थयामास: requested, entreated
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriyā (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थय (णिच् causative stem)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative/denominative-like ‘to request’)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood, male state
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुल्लिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king convenes radiant sages; he offers respectful hospitality and then pleads for restoration of manhood; sages sit in a semicircle with kamaṇḍalus and darbha seats, fire altar nearby.

Characters & Entities

• King (mahīpati)
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly power fails, righteous kings turn to realized sages; humility before dharma and the saintly is presented as the path to restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it focuses on approaching sages and seeking a dharmic remedy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is ‘prasādana’—propitiating sages through respectful conduct and supplication; no specific vrata is detailed here.