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

ਹੇ ਮੁਨਿਸ਼੍ਰੇਠ, ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਸੁਆਗਤ ਹੈ! ਅੱਜ ਮੇਰਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਸਫਲ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਤੁਸੀਂ—ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਪੂਜਾ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਵਲੋਕ ਦੇ ਵਾਸੀ ਵੀ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਮੇਰੇ ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਧਾਰੇ ਹੋ।

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.