Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तत्र यावोऽद्य भद्रं ते वयस्य विनयान्वित । एतत्कार्यमहं मन्ये सांप्रतं द्विजसंभवम्

Transliteration

tatra yāvo'dya bhadraṃ te vayasya vinayānvita | etatkāryamahaṃ manye sāṃprataṃ dvijasaṃbhavam

Translation

വരിക, ഇന്നുതന്നെ അവിടെ പോകാം—വിനയസമ്പന്നനായ സുഹൃത്തേ, നിനക്ക് മംഗളം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ. എന്റെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ ഈ കാര്യം ഇപ്പോൾ ദ്വിജധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന സമയോചിതമായതാണ്.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• यावः: let us two go
• यावः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), उत्तमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘यावः’ = let us two go

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• भद्रम्: good fortune/well-being
• भद्रम्: Sambodhana-arthaka (Benediction/आशीः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक प्रयोग (benedictive usage)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• वयस्य: O friend
• वयस्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• विनयान्वित: endowed with humility
• विनयान्वित: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘अन्वित’; तत्पुरुष (विनयेन अन्वितः)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कार्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• कार्यम्: task/matter
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्ये: I think/consider
• मन्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• साम्प्रतम्: now/at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (now/at present)

• द्विजसंभवम्: arising from a brāhmaṇa / brāhmaṇa-born
• द्विजसंभवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विज + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (द्विजात् सम्भवम् = arising from a brāhmaṇa)

Speaker

Nandivardhana (addressing Arbuda)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A leader addresses a well-mannered companion: ‘Let us go today’; the pair sets out along mountain paths with purposeful stride, carrying the weight of a dharmic commission.

Characters & Entities

• Nandivardhana
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred work should be undertaken promptly with humility and dharmic intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination is the Arbuda region, which is being approached as a future sanctified landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it expresses resolve for a dharmic journey rather than a specific rite.