Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कुशलं मम राष्ट्रं च भवतामंघ्रिस्पर्शनात् । दर्शनेन महाभाग जातोऽहं गतकिल्बिषः

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kuśalaṃ mama rāṣṭraṃ ca bhavatāmaṃghrisparśanāt | darśanena mahābhāga jāto'haṃ gatakilbiṣaḥ

Translation

യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നിങ്ങളുടെ പവിത്ര പാദസ്പർശം കൊണ്ടു എന്റെ രാജ്യം കുശലവും മംഗളവുമാണ്. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗാ! നിങ്ങളുടെ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ ഞാൻ പാപമുക്തനായിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• kuśalam: well-being, prosperity
• kuśalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular); सर्वनाम

• rāṣṭram: kingdom, realm
• rāṣṭram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavatām: of you (honorific, plural)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural); आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific)

• aṃghri-sparśanāt: from the touching of (your) feet
• aṃghri-sparśanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃghri (प्रातिपदिक) + sparśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (aṃghreḥ sparśanam = touch of the feet)

• darśanena: by (your) sight, by seeing (you)
• darśanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular); कर्मधारय (mahān bhāgaḥ = greatly fortunate)

• jātaḥ: become, born (i have become)
• jātaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• gata-kilbiṣaḥ: freed from sin
• gata-kilbiṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; gam-धातु) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); बहुव्रीहि (yasya kilbiṣaṃ gataṃ saḥ = whose sin has gone)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: महाभाग ऋषि/ब्राह्मण (प्रसंगस्थ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: युधिष्ठिर विनयपूर्वक ऋषि/महाभाग के चरण स्पर्श करते हैं; पीछे राजपुरुष/भ्राता; ऋषि तेजोमय, आशीर्वाद मुद्रा; वातावरण पवित्र।

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with the holy (touch of feet and darśana of sages) is portrayed as a purifier that brings welfare to both ruler and realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is implicit; the verse highlights the sanctifying presence of holy persons rather than a named bathing-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies the devotional practice of honoring saints (pāda-sparśa, darśana).