Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्बभूव पुरतो यज्ञवाटे द्विजोत्तमाः । तं दृष्ट्वा मुद्गलो विष्णुं लक्ष्मीशोभितविग्रहम्

Transliteration

prādurbabhūva purato yajñavāṭe dvijottamāḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mudgalo viṣṇuṃ lakṣmīśobhitavigraham

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik di antara para dvija! Di gelanggang yajña, Dia menampakkan diri tepat di hadapan mereka. Melihat Viṣṇu yang wujud-Nya dihiasi seri Lakṣmī, Mudgala pun terpegun penuh takzim.

Word by Word

• प्रादुः: manifestly/appearing forth
• प्रादुः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रादुर्भावार्थक

• बभूव: appeared/became
• बभूव: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in front)

• यज्ञवाटे: in the sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-वाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (यज्ञस्य वाटः)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्विजेषु उत्तमाः)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• मुद्गलः: Mudgala
• मुद्गलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीशोभितविग्रहम्: whose form was adorned by Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीशोभितविग्रहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी-शोभित-विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः; शोभित (क्त-कृदन्त) + विग्रह; (लक्ष्म्या शोभितः विग्रहः यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator of the Setukhaṇḍa (deduced: Skanda speaking within Setu Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrakuṇḍa (narrative causality continuing)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama-s (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu appears in the yajña arena, radiant, with Lakṣmī’s splendor adorning him; Mudgala gazes in awe, hands trembling in añjali; flames and smoke frame the epiphany like a halo.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī
• Mudgala
• Yajñavāṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion and yajña are sincere, divine grace may be experienced as direct darśana—God ‘appearing’ before the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacrificial setting is part of the Kṣīrakuṇḍa origin narrative within the Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context is yajña in a yajñavāṭa (sacrificial enclosure); the verse highlights divine response to worship rather than a new prescription.