Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

गीर्भिर्यथार्थाभिरभिष्टुतो जनैर्मुनीश्वरैर्देवगणैर्महात्मा । त्वरेण गच्छन्स च यज्ञवाटं प्राप्तस्तदानीं जगदेकबंधुः

Transliteration

gīrbhiryathārthābhirabhiṣṭuto janairmunīśvarairdevagaṇairmahātmā | tvareṇa gacchansa ca yajñavāṭaṃ prāptastadānīṃ jagadekabaṃdhuḥ

Translation

जन, मुनिश्रेष्ठ आणि देवगण यांनी यथार्थ वचनांनी त्या महात्म्याची स्तुती केली. तो त्वरेने चालत तेव्हा यज्ञवाटेत पोहोचला—साऱ्या जगाचा एकमेव बंधू।

Word by Word

• गीर्भिः: with words/hymns
• गीर्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• यथार्थाभिः: truthful/appropriate
• यथार्थाभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गीर्भिः)

• अभिष्टुतः: praised
• अभिष्टुतः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘praised’

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• मुनीश्वरैः: by lordly sages
• मुनीश्वरैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• देवगणैः: by hosts of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद/विशेष्य

• त्वरेण: with haste
• त्वरेण: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गच्छन्: going
• गच्छन्: Kriya (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सहक्रिया

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• यज्ञवाटम्: the sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + वाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle/क्त; intransitive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having arrived/arrived’

• तदानीम्: at that time
• तदानीम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘at that time’)

• जगदेकबन्धुः: the sole friend of the world
• जगदेकबन्धुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समास (jagat-eka-bandhu)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bali-yajña-vāṭa (mythic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, praised by people, sages, and hosts of gods with truthful words, hastens and arrives at the yajña enclosure—portrayed as the universal friend moving toward his destined encounter with Bali.

Characters & Entities

• Munis
• Devas
• Vāmana/Viṣṇu (implied as jagadekabandhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True praise aligns with truth (yathārtha); devotion and recognition of the Lord’s guardianship support dharma in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The yajñavāṭa (sacrificial arena) is the immediate setting; the Kedārakhaṇḍa frame continues to sacralize the broader Himalayan narrative space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (hymns of praise) in a yajña context—honoring the divine with truthful words.