Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भवादृशानां गमनं सर्वार्थेषु प्रकल्पते । ततस्तौ सुमुदा युक्तौ संजातौ हृष्टचेतसौ

Transliteration

bhavādṛśānāṃ gamanaṃ sarvārtheṣu prakalpate | tatastau sumudā yuktau saṃjātau hṛṣṭacetasau

Translation

உங்களைப் போன்றவரின் வருகை எல்லா நோக்கங்களையும் நிறைவேற்றுவதாகும். ஆகவே அவர்கள் இருவரும் பேரானந்தம் கொண்டு மகிழ்ந்த மனத்துடன் ஆனார்கள்.

Word by Word

• भवत्: like you
• भवत्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनस्य पूर्वपद (genitive sense) समासे; ‘आदृशानाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• आदृशानाम्: of those like (you)
• आदृशानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive plural)

• गमनम्: going/arrival
• गमनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भाववाचक कृदन्त (ल्युट्)

• सर्वार्थेषु: in all matters
• सर्वार्थेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (सर्वे अर्थाः)

• प्रकल्पते: is effective/serves (well)
• प्रकल्पते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतु/अनन्तरवाचक (adverb: ‘thereupon/then’)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन

• सु: very
• सु: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपपद/उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय; ‘मुदा’ इत्यस्य तीव्रतावाचक (intensifier)

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: ‘with joy’)

• युक्तौ: joined/engaged
• युक्तौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• संजातौ: having become
• संजातौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• हृष्टचेतसौ: whose minds were delighted
• हृष्टचेतसौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्) + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टं चेतः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue frame (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two figures—sage and host—share delighted expressions after recognizing the auspiciousness of the meeting; the atmosphere is bright, welcoming, and celebratory yet restrained.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with the virtuous is itself auspicious and becomes a means to fulfill both worldly and spiritual aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative by praising saintly presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implicitly upholds honoring and welcoming holy persons.