Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

विष्णुरुवाच । साधुसाधु महाभाग त्वर्यतां तत्र मा चिरम् । ममापि चित्तं तत्रैव तद्दर्शनेस्ति लालसम्

Transliteration

viṣṇuruvāca | sādhusādhu mahābhāga tvaryatāṃ tatra mā ciram | mamāpi cittaṃ tatraiva taddarśanesti lālasam

Translation

വിഷ്ണു അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു— “സാധു, സാധു, മഹാഭാഗാ! അവിടേക്ക് വേഗം പോകാം; താമസിക്കരുത്. ആ സ്ഥാനദർശനത്തിനായി എന്റെ മനസ്സും അത്യന്തം ആകാംക്ഷിക്കുന്നു.”

Word by Word

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• साधु: well! good!
• साधु: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसार्थक-निपात (particle of approval)

• साधु: well indeed!
• साधु: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-प्रशंसा (repeated approval)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्वर्यताम्: let (it) be hastened / hurry
• त्वर्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थ (injunctive command)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long / long time
• चिरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (also/even)

• चित्तम्: mind
• चित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: in that
• तत्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (समासे पूर्वपद)

• दर्शने: in (the) seeing / at the sight
• दर्शने: Adhikarana (Cause/occasion as locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लालसम्: eager/longing
• लालसम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (चित्तम्-विशेषण)

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A 'mahābhāga' interlocutor (contextually within Vyāsa’s narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu speaks with approving warmth, urging immediate departure; the moment is charged with devotional anticipation before a journey to a sacred locus.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Dharmāraṇya (implied destination)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the Lord delights in tīrtha-darśana, teaching devotees to value pilgrimage as a dharmic longing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya and its celebrated tīrtha, which Viṣṇu is eager to see.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An immediate yātrā is urged—“do not delay” in going for darśana.