Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

ते कृतांजलयः सर्वे तमूचुर्मुनि पुंगवम्

Transliteration

te kṛtāṃjalayaḥ sarve tamūcurmuni puṃgavam

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူတို့အားလုံး လက်အုပ်ချီ၍ မုနိတို့အထဲမှ အမြတ်ဆုံးသော မုနိကို လျှောက်ထားကြလေ၏။

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• kṛta-añjalayaḥ: with hands folded
• kṛta-añjalayaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + kta) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (kṛto ’ñjalir yeṣām); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ūcuḥ: they said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• muni: O sage
• muni: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• puṃgavam: the foremost (one)
• puṃgavam: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘श्रेष्ठ’ अर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicit in snippet)

Characters & Entities

• munipuṅgava (foremost sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching spiritual authority with humility (añjali) is the proper doorway to receiving instruction and blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is indicated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The respectful gesture of añjali (folded hands) is shown as devotional conduct.