Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अर्घ्यादिना मुनीन्सर्वान्पूजयामास सादरम् । नाना दिग्भ्यः समायाताश्चतुरंगबलैर्युताः

Transliteration

arghyādinā munīnsarvānpūjayāmāsa sādaram | nānā digbhyaḥ samāyātāścaturaṃgabalairyutāḥ

Translation

അവൻ അർഘ്യാദി നിവേദ്യങ്ങളാൽ എല്ലാ മുനിമാരെയും സാദരമായി പൂജിച്ചു. അവർ പല ദിക്കുകളിൽ നിന്നു ചതുരംഗസേനയോടുകൂടി അവിടെ സമാഗതരായി.

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यादिना: with offerings beginning with arghya
• अर्घ्यादिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—अर्घ्यादि (अर्घ्यं च आदिः च) इति ‘आदि’प्रत्ययार्थक-तत्पुरुषः

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Object), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुनीन् इति)

• पूजयामास: worshipped / honored
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सादर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नाना: from various
• नाना: Deshadhikarana (Locative of source/direction nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (variously/from different)

• दिग्भ्यः: from the directions
• दिग्भ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/Ablative), बहुवचन

• समायाताः: having arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/Perfect passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• चतुरङ्गबलैः: with fourfold armies
• चतुरङ्गबलैः: Sahakari/Karana (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + अङ्ग + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—चतुरङ्गबल (चतुर्-अङ्गं यस्य तत्) इति तत्पुरुषः

• युताः: joined/attended with
• युताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (समायाताः इति)

Speaker

Narrator (Setukhaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pavilion near a sacred coastal tīrtha: King Bṛhaddyumna offers arghya to rows of arriving sages; in the distance, banners and the fourfold army (elephants, chariots, cavalry, infantry) approach from multiple directions.

Characters & Entities

• muni (sages)
• caturaṅga-bala (fourfold army)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent honoring of sages with proper offerings is a key expression of dharma and a source of merit at sacred occasions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region (Setukhaṇḍa), associated with the sacred Setu-tīrtha tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya and related honors (pūjā) to visiting sages as part of dharmic reception.