Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

एषा बालापि भगवन्कुर्वंती त्वत्पदार्चनम् । व्रतं त्वत्सन्निधावेव चरिष्यति महामुने

Transliteration

eṣā bālāpi bhagavankurvaṃtī tvatpadārcanam | vrataṃ tvatsannidhāveva cariṣyati mahāmune

Translation

ഹേ ഭഗവൻ, ഈ ബാലികയും നിങ്ങളുടെ പാദാരാധന ചെയ്യുന്നു; ഹേ മഹാമുനേ, അവൾ തന്റെ വ്രതം നിങ്ങളുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ തന്നേ അനുഷ്ഠിക്കും.

Word by Word

• एषा: this (girl)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बाला: young, a child
• बाला: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of एषा)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: “even/also”)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कुर्वन्ती: doing, performing
• कुर्वन्ती: Karta (Agent participle agreeing with subject/कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कुर्वन्ती (कृदन्त, शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकर्तरि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• त्वत्पदार्चनम्: worship of your feet
• त्वत्पदार्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् + पाद + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्पादानाम् अर्चनम्)

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वत्सन्निधौ: in your presence
• त्वत्सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्वत्सन्निधिः = your presence)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Niyama (Emphasis/नियम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• चरिष्यति: will practice, will observe
• चरिष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महामुने: O great sage
• महामुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मुनि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Young Śāradā offers flowers at the sage’s feet, holding a small pūjā-plate; the sage watches kindly; a vow-thread or simple vrata-mark is visible; the scene conveys disciplined innocence and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• mahāmune (great sage)
• vrata
• pādārcana (worship of feet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows become steady and spiritually potent when grounded in devotion and guided by proximity to the holy (sannidhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the ‘sannidhi’ of the mahāmune functions as the sanctifying presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pādārcana (worship) and vrata (vow-observance) are explicitly stated.