Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

के युवां रूपसंपन्ने सर्वालंकारसंयुते । इति पप्रच्छ दृष्ट्वा ते काश्यपो हृष्टमानसः । तेन पृष्टे च गायत्रीसरस्वत्यौ तमूचतुः

Transliteration

ke yuvāṃ rūpasaṃpanne sarvālaṃkārasaṃyute | iti papraccha dṛṣṭvā te kāśyapo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ | tena pṛṣṭe ca gāyatrīsarasvatyau tamūcatuḥ

Translation

‘നിങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും ആരാണ്—രൂപസമ്പന്നരായി, സർവ്വാലങ്കാരങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തരായി?’ എന്ന് ഹർഷചിത്തനായ കാശ്യപൻ കണ്ടു ചോദിച്ചു. ചോദിച്ചതോടെ ഗായത്രിയും സരസ്വതിയും അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• के: who (are you two)
• के: Prashna (Interrogative predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karma (Object addressed/asked)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• रूपसंपन्ने: endowed with beauty
• रूपसंपन्ने: Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (Addressing epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (कृदन्त; √पद्/√पन् with सम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘रूपेण संपन्ने’ (instrumental sense)

• सर्व-आलंकार-संयुते: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्व-आलंकार-संयुते: Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (Addressing epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आलंकार (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; ‘सर्वैः आलंकारैः संयुते’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (thus)

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकर्म

• ते: them (those two)
• ते: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa
• काश्यपः: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हृष्टमानसः: whose mind was delighted
• हृष्टमानसः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त; √हृष् धातु) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः — ‘हृष्टं मानसं यस्य सः’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartṛ (Agent in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘तेन’ = by him

• पृष्टे: when (it was) asked
• पृष्टे: Locative absolute (Sati-saptamī)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी (locative absolute), एकवचन; ‘पृष्टे (सति)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• गायत्री-सरस्वत्यौ: Gāyatrī and Sarasvatī
• गायत्री-सरस्वत्यौ: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऊचतुः: said
• ऊचतुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Setukhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tīrthadvaya (Twin Tīrthas)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaśyapa, face bright with joy, gestures in respectful inquiry toward the two ornamented devīs; the devīs stand poised to answer, their expressions compassionate and luminous; the twin waters form a natural mandala around them.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Gāyatrī
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places foster direct encounter with divinity, prompting inquiry and receiving instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The twin tīrtha setting in Setu-kṣetra where the dialogue with the goddesses occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it presents the proper devotional curiosity and respectful questioning after darśana.