Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

इति स्तुतो हरिः साक्षान्मुद्गलेन द्विजोत्तमाः । तमाह मुद्गलमुनिं मेघगंभीरया गिरा

Transliteration

iti stuto hariḥ sākṣānmudgalena dvijottamāḥ | tamāha mudgalamuniṃ meghagaṃbhīrayā girā

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമന്മാരേ! ഇങ്ങനെ മുദ്ഗലൻ സ്തുതിച്ചതിനാൽ സാക്ഷാൽ ഹരി, മേഘഗംഭീരമായ വാണിയിൽ മുദ്ഗല മുനിയോട് അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (वाक्यसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थे (quotative particle)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta (Subject-predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः इति विशेष्य

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मुद्गलेन: by Mudgala
• मुद्गलेन: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• द्विजोत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजोत्तमः: Apposition (विशेषण/उपपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः द्विजः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; √अह् ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुद्गलमुनिम्: the sage Mudgala
• मुद्गलमुनिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गल-मुनि (प्रातिपदिक; मुद्गल + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (मुद्गलः स मुनिः)

• मेघगंभीरया: with (a voice) deep like a cloud
• मेघगंभीरया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ-गंभीर (प्रातिपदिक; मेघ + गंभीर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरा)

• गिरा: by voice/speech
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari manifests before Mudgala at the yajña: a radiant form standing near the fire-altar; sages look on in astonishment; the sky darkens slightly as if with monsoon clouds, matching the thunder-deep voice.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Mudgala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise and devotion can culminate in direct divine response and darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram region), where devotion is shown to yield immediate spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (hymn of praise) as a devotional act that invites divine grace.