Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्ठिरः श्रुत्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः । भ्रात्ःन् विलोकयामास हृष्टरोमा मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śrutvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | bhrātḥn vilokayāmāsa hṛṣṭaromā muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ യുദ്ധിഷ്ഠിരൻ ഇത് കേട്ട് പരമ വിസ്മയത്തിലായി; രോമാഞ്ചിതനായി അവൻ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും സഹോദരന്മാരെ നോക്കി।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर) — ‘then’

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु √श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); परस्मैपदी — Absolutive ‘having heard’

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine

• परमम्: great, supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine; विशेषणम् (विस्मयम्)

• गतः: attained, entered
• गतः: Kriya/State (क्रिया/अवस्था)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु √गम्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग — Past participle ‘gone/attained’, nominative singular masculine

• भ्रातॄन्: (his) brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचनम् — Accusative plural masculine

• विलोकयामास: looked at, gazed upon
• विलोकयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु √लोक्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिप्रास/भूतार्थे); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचनम् — Periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular active (‘looked at’)

• हृष्टरोमा: with bristling hair (thrilled)
• हृष्टरोमा: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + रोमान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टानि रोमाणि यस्य सः)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘again and again’

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति) — repetition for emphasis

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue frame (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dārutīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, eyes widened, hair bristling in devotional awe, turns repeatedly to look at his brothers after hearing the tīrtha’s origin and power.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas (brothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred-place lore (tīrtha-kathā) can awaken devotional wonder and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The reaction follows the Dārutīrtha māhātmya account just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse records the listener’s devotional astonishment.