Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पीतांबरधरं देवं तुष्टिं प्राप महामुनिः । भक्त्या परमया युक्तस्तुष्टाव जगदीश्वरम्

Transliteration

pītāṃbaradharaṃ devaṃ tuṣṭiṃ prāpa mahāmuniḥ | bhaktyā paramayā yuktastuṣṭāva jagadīśvaram

Translation

പീതാംബരധാരിയായ ദേവനെ ദർശിച്ച മഹാമുനിക്ക് പരമ തൃപ്തി ലഭിച്ചു; പരമഭക്തിയോടെ ജഗദീശ്വരനെ അദ്ദേഹം സ്തുതിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• pīta-ambara-dharam: wearing a yellow garment
• pīta-ambara-dharam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier of ‘devam’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (कृदन्त/ppp of √pā पिब्) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (कृदन्त/agent noun from √dhṛ धृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-प्रायः) ‘पीतम् अम्बरम् धारयति’

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction, grace
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prāpa: obtained
• prāpa: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) (उपसर्ग: pra-)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mahā-muniḥ: the great sage
• mahā-muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• paramayā: supreme
• paramayā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘bhaktyā’ इति विशेषणम्

• yuktaḥ: endowed, joined (with devotion)
• yuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier of ‘mahāmuniḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त/ppp of √yuj युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• tuṣṭāva: praised
• tuṣṭāva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (धातु) (उपसर्ग: tuṣṭ? actually form is ‘tuṣṭāva’ = ‘tuṣṭaḥ āva’ sandhi; verb from √stu स्तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• jagat-īśvaram: the Lord of the world
• jagat-īśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘जगतः ईश्वरः’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great sage, overwhelmed with devotion, beholds a radiant deity in pītāmbara; hands folded, eyes moist, he begins a hymn at the sea-edge tīrtha of Setu.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Jagadīśvara
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana culminates in praise: devotion transforms vision into inner peace and sustained worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha, as the setting where the sage’s fulfillment and hymn of praise arise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stotra (hymn/praise) as a devotional response; no formal vrata or dāna is specified.