Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्वागतं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ सफलं मेऽद्य जीवितम् । यद्भवान्मे गृहे प्राप्तः पूज्यः सर्वदिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha saphalaṃ me'dya jīvitam | yadbhavānme gṛhe prāptaḥ pūjyaḥ sarvadivaukasām

Translation

हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ! आपले स्वागत आहे. आज माझे जीवन सफल झाले, कारण सर्व देवांनी पूज्य असे आपण माझ्या घरी आला आहात.

Word by Word

• svāgatam: welcome
• svāgatam: Sambodhana-artha (Greeting/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (as greeting)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (genitive/dative) एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी-प्रयोगः (to you)

• muniśreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muniśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां श्रेष्ठः)

• saphalam: fruitful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणं 'जीवितम्'

• me: my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन

• adya: today
• adya: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb of time)

• jīvitam: life
• jīvitam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yat: because/that (since)
• yat: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• bhavān: you (honored)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थे (honorific 'you')

• me: my
• me: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• gṛhe: in (my) house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन

• prāptaḥ: has arrived
• prāptaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'भवān' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Visheshya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• sarvadivaukasām: of all the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• sarvadivaukasām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + divaukas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां दिवौकसाम् (of all gods)

Speaker

Himavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavān (as sacred meeting-place)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vasiṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himavān, hands joined in añjali, speaks warmly to Vasiṣṭha; the scene radiates sanctity—deva-like attendants in the background, a luminous aura around the sage, and a serene snowy panorama.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Himavān
• divaukas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for realized sages sanctifies one’s life; receiving them with honor is considered a supreme blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s āśrama-centered sacred setting through the theme of holy visitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the dharma of welcoming and honoring an atithi (guest), especially a muni.