Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

क्रियमाणेऽथ तत्रागाद्भीमपुत्रो घटोत्कचः । तं दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरः पंच वासुदेवश्च वीर्यवान्

Transliteration

kriyamāṇe'tha tatrāgādbhīmaputro ghaṭotkacaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraḥ paṃca vāsudevaśca vīryavān

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവിടെ ഭീമപുത്രൻ ഘടോത്കചൻ എത്തി. അവനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ അഞ്ചു സഹോദരന്മാരും പരാക്രമശാലിയായ വാസുദേവനും (ആദരത്തോടെ) എഴുന്നേറ്റു.

Word by Word

• kriyamāṇe: while (it) was being done
• kriyamāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kriyamāṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• agāt: came
• agāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• bhīma-putraḥ: Bhīma’s son
• bhīma-putraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhīmasya putraḥ)

• ghaṭotkacaḥ: Ghaṭotkaca
• ghaṭotkacaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭotkaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• bhrātaraḥ: brothers
• bhrātaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Visheshana (Numeral adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचनार्थे (in sense of plural)

• vāsudevaḥ: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vīryavān: mighty; valorous
• vīryavān: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīryavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ugraśravā (Sūta)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ghaṭotkaca, towering and formidable, enters the sabhā; the Pāṇḍavas and Kṛṣṇa rise in respect, acknowledging his power and kinship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Pāṇḍavas
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring worthy guests and kin is part of dharma, even amid royal discourse and affairs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the scene continues in Indraprastha’s courtly setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an arrival and respectful reception.