Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्रैवारुंधती साध्वी वसिष्ठस्य समीपतः । पूजनीया विशेषेण सर्वकामप्रदा नृणाम्

Transliteration

tatraivāruṃdhatī sādhvī vasiṣṭhasya samīpataḥ | pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa sarvakāmapradā nṛṇām

Translation

അവിടെയേ വസിഷ്ഠന്റെ സമീപത്ത് സാദ്ധ്വിയായ അരുന്ധതി വിരാജിക്കുന്നു. അവൾ പ്രത്യേകമായി പൂജ്യയാണ്; മനുഷ്യർക്കു സർവ്വ ശുഭകാമനകളുടെയും സിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നവളാണ്।

Word by Word

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• अरुंधती: Arundhatī
• अरुंधती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुंधती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• साध्वी: virtuous/chaste
• साध्वी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• समीपतः: near/beside
• समीपतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = ‘near/by’

• पूजनीया: worthy to be worshipped
• पूजनीया: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अनीयर् (कृत्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/विधेय विशेषण (gerundive: ‘to be worshipped’)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Hetu/Prakaraṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental adverb: ‘especially’)

• सर्वकामप्रदा: giver of all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदा: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदा’)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arundhatī-sannidhi (Vasiṣṭhāśrama, Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near a hermitage, Arundhatī stands or is represented as an auspicious revered figure beside Vasiṣṭha; pilgrims offer flowers and lamps, seeking dhārmic boons.

Characters & Entities

• Arundhatī
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring exemplars of dharma—especially the virtuous consort of a great ṛṣi—brings auspiciousness and the fulfillment of righteous aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The vicinity of Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama where Arundhatī is present and worship-worthy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Special worship (pūjā) of Arundhatī near Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage.