Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

अथ सर्वानुपामंत्र्य शारदां च यशस्विनीम् । विधायानुग्रहं तेषां ययौ स्वैरगतिर्मुनिः

Transliteration

atha sarvānupāmaṃtrya śāradāṃ ca yaśasvinīm | vidhāyānugrahaṃ teṣāṃ yayau svairagatirmuniḥ

Translation

अथ स मुनिः सर्वान् अनुपामन्त्र्य, विशेषतः यशस्विनीं शारदां च, तेषां कृपामनुग्रहं विधाय स्वैरगतिः प्रस्थितवान्।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (then/now)

• सर्वान्: all (persons)
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• उप-आमन्त्र्य: having invited/taken leave (after addressing)
• उप-आमन्त्र्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + मन्त्र् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• शारदाम्: Śāradā (Sarasvatī)
• शारदाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यशस्विनीम्: the glorious (lady)
• यशस्विनीम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शारदाम्)

• विधाय: having bestowed/done
• विधाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) + क्त्वा/ल्यप्-रूप (विधाय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund; ‘having done/arranged’)

• अनुग्रहम्: favor; grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them; for them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वैर-गतिः: one whose movement is free (moving at will)
• स्वैर-गतिः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वैर (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (स्वैरा गतिः यस्य सः)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, staff in hand, receives final salutations; he blesses the gathered people, with special regard to the illustrious Śāradā, then walks away unhurried and self-possessed.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage)
• Śāradā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic relationship concludes with courtesy, blessings, and non-attachment—service completed, the sage moves on.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the verse highlights the etiquette of leave-taking and the giving of blessings.