Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

प्रोक्तवन्तश्च मां पार्थ वचः साधुजनो चितम् । धन्या वयं हि देवर्षे त्वमस्मान्यदिहागतः

Transliteration

proktavantaśca māṃ pārtha vacaḥ sādhujano citam | dhanyā vayaṃ hi devarṣe tvamasmānyadihāgataḥ

Translation

प्रोक्तवन्तश्च मां पार्थ वचः साधुजनोचितम् । धन्या वयं हि देवर्षे त्वमस्मान्यदिहागतः ॥

Word by Word

• proktavantaḥ: having spoken / they spoke
• proktavantaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle): प्रोक्तवन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

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

• mām: to me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• pārtha: O Pārtha
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• vacaḥ: words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• sādhu-janaḥ: the good people
• sādhu-janaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); कर्मधारयः: साधवः जनाः (good people)

• citam: pleasing
• citam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier of vacaḥ): चितम् = मनोज्ञम्/प्रसन्नम् (pleasing)

• dhanyāḥ: fortunate
• dhanyāḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative, Plural); सर्वनाम

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): हि (indeed/for)

• devarṣe: O divine sage
• devarṣe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• asmān: us
• asmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Accusative, Plural); सर्वनाम

• yat: since
• yat: Sambandha (Clause-linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (relative particle): यत् = यतः/यदर्थम् (since/that)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण-अर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): इह (here)

• āgataḥ: have come
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used actively): आगतः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Nārada (narration to Pārtha/Arjuna)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas speak with folded hands, faces bright with devotion, declaring themselves blessed by the divine sage’s arrival.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Devarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving and honoring a realized sage is described as a great blessing and source of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the sanctity arises from the devarṣi’s presence and dharmic welcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed here; it continues the theme of respectful reception.