Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

अद्य नो दिवसः पुण्यः स्थानमद्योत्तमं त्विदम् । यत्त्वया विप्रप्रवर स्वयमागमनं कृतम्

Transliteration

adya no divasaḥ puṇyaḥ sthānamadyottamaṃ tvidam | yattvayā viprapravara svayamāgamanaṃ kṛtam

Translation

ଆଜି ଆମ ଦିନ ପୁଣ୍ୟମୟ ହେଲା, ଏବଂ ଆଜି ଏହି ସ୍ଥାନ ମଧ୍ୟ ପରମ ଉତ୍ତମ ହେଲା; ହେ ବିପ୍ରପ୍ରବର, ଆପଣ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ଏଠାକୁ ଆଗମନ କରିଥିବାରୁ।

Word by Word

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण): today

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (our/of us)

• divasaḥ: day
• divasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• puṇyaḥ: holy, auspicious
• puṇyaḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘divasaḥ’)

• sthānam: place
• sthānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• adya: today
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक): today

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘sthānam’)

• tu: indeed, and
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): but/indeed

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yat: since/because
• yat: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय/यत्-शब्दः (relative particle): because/that which

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; युष्मद्-प्रत्यय (by you)

• vipra-pravara: O foremost brahmin
• vipra-pravara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + pravara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘प्रवरः विप्रः’ (O excellent brahmin)

• svayam: personally
• svayam: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): oneself, personally

• āgamanam: coming, arrival
• āgamanam: Karta (Subject of ‘kṛtam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ā-gamana (प्रातिपदिक; from ā-√gam)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kṛtam: has been done/made
• kṛtam: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘कृतम्’ = done/made (with ‘āgamanam’)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (headed by Hārīta) addressing the Atithi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas proclaim the day blessed and the place exalted, gesturing toward the guest as the cause of auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra-pravara (excellent brāhmaṇa)
• Hārīta (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of a virtuous guest sanctifies time and space; holiness is intensified through contact with the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies the immediate “place” (sthāna) by the guest’s arrival, but does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the dharmic principle is honoring the guest as a source of puṇya.