Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वथाद्या धन्योऽस्मि संप्राप्तं जन्मनः फलम् । यद्भवन्तो मया दृष्टाः पापोपद्रववर्जिताः

Transliteration

tatsarvathādyā dhanyo'smi saṃprāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam | yadbhavanto mayā dṛṣṭāḥ pāpopadravavarjitāḥ

Translation

म्हणून आज मी सर्वथा धन्य आहे; माझ्या जन्माचे फळ प्राप्त झाले—कारण पाप व उपद्रव रहित अशा तुमचे दर्शन मला झाले.

Word by Word

• tat: therefore/that
• tat: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative)

• sarvathā: in every way
• sarvathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in every way)

• adyā: today/now
• adyā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (today/now)

• dhanyaḥ: blessed
• dhanyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• saṃprāptam: attained/obtained
• saṃprāptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + prāp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘फलम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• janmanaḥ: of (my) birth/life
• janmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• yat: because/that (which)
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative)

• bhavantaḥ: you (honored ones)
• bhavantaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭāḥ: were seen
• dṛṣṭāḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘भवन्तः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• pāpa-upadrava-varjitāḥ: free from sinful troubles
• pāpa-upadrava-varjitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + upadrava (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; समासः (पापोपद्रवेन वर्जिताः)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker expresses gratitude and fulfillment, gazing upon brāhmaṇas depicted with luminous calm; the atmosphere is auspicious, with subtle light around the assembly indicating freedom from sin and affliction.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and association of the pure are presented as life-fulfilling and spiritually meritorious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the ‘holy presence’ here is the company of the righteous themselves.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on the spiritual benefit of meeting the virtuous.