Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

यक्षरूपं गतो दिव्यं कुबेरसचिवात्मकम् । ध्यानकाष्ठमसावाह प्रांजलिः प्रणतो मुनिम्

Transliteration

yakṣarūpaṃ gato divyaṃ kuberasacivātmakam | dhyānakāṣṭhamasāvāha prāṃjaliḥ praṇato munim

Translation

അവൻ ദിവ്യമായ യക്ഷരൂപം ധരിച്ചു കുബേരന്റെ സചിവസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവനായി. പിന്നെ കൈകൂപ്പി മുനിയെ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് ധ്യാനകാഷ്ഠനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• यक्षरूपम्: the form of a Yakṣa
• यक्षरूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यक्षस्य रूपम्)

• गतः: having gone/assumed
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having gone/assumed)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यक्षरूपम्)

• कुबेरसचिवात्मकम्: of the nature of Kubera’s attendant/minister
• कुबेरसचिवात्मकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुबेर + सचिव + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (कुबेरस्य सचिवः; तदात्मकम् = of the nature of) विशेषणम् (यक्षरूपम्)

• ध्यानकाष्ठम्: Dhyānakāṣṭha (name/title)
• ध्यानकाष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान + काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (ध्यानस्य काष्ठम्)

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्राञ्जलिः: with folded hands
• प्राञ्जलिः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (असौ) = अञ्जलिं कृत्वा स्थितः

• प्रणतः: bowed down
• प्रणतः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु) → प्रणत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (असौ)

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (describing the transformation and reverence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha (Rāmeśvara kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A being assumes a radiant Yakṣa form resembling Kubera’s minister; he stands with folded hands before a sage named Dhyānakāṣṭha, bowing in reverence as he begins to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Kubera
• Yakṣa
• Dhyānakāṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and surrender to realized sages is the doorway to restoration and grace after a fall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly named; it remains within Setukhaṇḍa’s Setu-kṣetra milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gesture of reverence (praṇāma, prāñjali) is exemplified, not prescribed as a formal rite.