Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अद्य धन्या वयं सर्वे तवागमनमात्रतः । पावितं नः कुलं सर्वं गृहं च सफलीकृतम्

Transliteration

adya dhanyā vayaṃ sarve tavāgamanamātrataḥ | pāvitaṃ naḥ kulaṃ sarvaṃ gṛhaṃ ca saphalīkṛtam

Translation

ഇന്ന് നിങ്ങളുടെ ആഗമനമാത്രത്താൽ ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ധന്യരായി. ഞങ്ങളുടെ സമസ്ത കുലവും പവിത്രമായി; നമ്മുടെ ഗൃഹവും സഫലവും കൃതാർത്ഥവും ആയി.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “today/now”)

• धन्याः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्याः: Karta-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (of वयम्)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• आगमन: coming, arrival
• आगमन: Hetu/ Nimitta (Cause/occasion within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + अन (प्रत्यय) → आगमन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपदसम्बन्धः (with तव); प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण

• मात्रतः: merely by, just because of
• मात्रतः: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverbial: “merely/from the measure of”)

• पावितम्: purified
• पावितम्: Karma-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) → पावित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• कुलम्: family, lineage
• कुलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषण (of कुलम्)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सफलीकृतम्: made fruitful, fulfilled
• सफलीकृतम्: Karma-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-फल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईकृ (धातु √कृ) → सफलीकृत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (made fruitful)

Speaker

The girl’s family/relatives addressing the sage (collective)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble household-āśrama welcomes a radiant muni; family members with folded hands offer pādya/arghya; the threshold is decorated; the mood is of auspicious arrival and sanctification of the home.

Characters & Entities

• muni (sage)
• kula (lineage)
• gṛha (home)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association is transformative: the presence of the righteous purifies family life and makes domestic existence spiritually meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the sage himself is treated as a moving tīrtha (cara-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit; the implied dharma is honoring the guest-sage and recognizing the sanctity of his visit.