Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

परं विस्मयमापन्ना पूजयामास तं मुदा । सोऽपि राजा तया सार्द्धं भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथेप्सितान्

Transliteration

paraṃ vismayamāpannā pūjayāmāsa taṃ mudā | so'pi rājā tayā sārddhaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān

Translation

မဟာအံ့ဩခြင်းဖြင့် လွှမ်းမိုးသွားကာ ဝမ်းမြောက်စွာ သူ့ကို ပူဇော်လေ၏။ ထိုဘုရင်လည်း သူမနှင့်အတူ လိုလားသည့် ဘောဂများကို ခံစားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• परम्: great
• परम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (विस्मयम्)

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आपन्ना: attained / fell into
• आपन्ना: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (सा)

• पूजयामास: worshipped / honored
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तया: with her / by her
• तया: Saha (Companion marker/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सार्द्धम्: together with
• सार्द्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (postposition: together with)

• भुक्त्वा: having enjoyed/consumed
• भुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/according to)

• ईप्सितान्: desired
• ईप्सितान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; ईप्स् धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (desired), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (भोगान्)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen, filled with wonder, offers respectful worship—flowers, incense, lamps—to the king (or to a revered figure), followed by a scene of the royal couple seated together in contented enjoyment.

Characters & Entities

• Queen
• King
• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful honoring of the worthy is shown as harmonious with dharma and conducive to well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of pūjā/ honoring (pūjayāmāsa) is indicated, though without specific ritual details.