Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

महर्षे स्वागतं तेऽद्य कुतो वाऽग म्यते त्वया । स्नाने संध्यार्चने होमे कुशलं तव विद्यते

Transliteration

maharṣe svāgataṃ te'dya kuto vā'ga myate tvayā | snāne saṃdhyārcane home kuśalaṃ tava vidyate

Translation

Wahai Maharsi, selamat datang hari ini. Dari manakah engkau datang? Apakah engkau sejahtera dalam laku mandi suci, pemujaan sandhyā, dan persembahan homa?

Word by Word

• महर्षे: O great sage
• महर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maharṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Kriya (Elliptic predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-रूढ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वचन/अभिवादनार्थ (welcome)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कुतः: from where?/why?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kutas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय; स्थान/हेतुवाचक (whence/why)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• आगम्यते: is come/you have come
• आगम्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्नाने: in bathing
• स्नाने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संध्यार्चने: in sandhyā-worship
• संध्यार्चने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdhyā + arcana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (worship of twilight-prayer)

• होमे: in the fire-offering
• होमे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (well-being)

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विद्यते: exists/is
• विद्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Indra (Devarāja), greeting Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity/kingly figure welcomes a radiant mahārṣi arriving at the tīrtha; attendants hold water-pot and darbha; a small homa-kuṇḍa glows nearby; the river/sea-edge of Prabhāsa in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Nārada
• Snāna
• Sandhyā
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through nitya-karmas—daily disciplines like snāna, sandhyā, and homa—honored even in divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), where the tīrtha’s glory is taught in the surrounding discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing), Sandhyā-arcana (twilight worship), and Homa (fire oblation) are explicitly referenced as daily observances.