Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

इति शांडिल्यवचनमाकर्ण्य द्विजभामिनी । ताभ्यां तु सह बालाभ्यां प्रणनाम मुनेः पदम्

Transliteration

iti śāṃḍilyavacanamākarṇya dvijabhāminī | tābhyāṃ tu saha bālābhyāṃ praṇanāma muneḥ padam

Translation

ശാണ്ഡില്യ മുനിയുടെ വചനങ്ങൾ കേട്ട് ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്ത്രീ, ആ രണ്ടു ബാലന്മാരോടുകൂടെ, ഭക്തിയോടെ മുനിയുടെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• शाण्डिल्य-वचनम्: Śāṇḍilya’s words
• शाण्डिल्य-वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃḍilya (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṇ (धातु: कर्णे/श्रवणे)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)

• द्विज-भामिनी: the brahmin woman
• द्विज-भामिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• ताभ्याम्: with those two
• ताभ्याम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Instrumental dual)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (with)

• बालाभ्याम्: with the two boys
• बालाभ्याम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Instrumental dual)

• प्रणनाम: bowed down
• प्रणनाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• पदम्: feet
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi/audience (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa lady with two young boys bows at the feet of sage Śāṇḍilya in a forest hermitage; the sage sits calm, blessing them.

Characters & Entities

• Śāṇḍilya
• brāhmaṇa woman
• two boys
• muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True receptivity to dharma is shown through humility—hearing the guru’s teaching and bowing with surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on guru-reverence within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act emphasized is praṇāma (prostration) as a marker of śaraṇāgati (taking refuge).