Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

इत्याश्चर्ययुतैर्हृष्टैः प्रशंसद्भिः परस्परम् । पृष्टोऽमात्यजनेनासावात्मानं प्राह तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

ityāścaryayutairhṛṣṭaiḥ praśaṃsadbhiḥ parasparam | pṛṣṭo'mātyajanenāsāvātmānaṃ prāha tattvataḥ

Translation

ఇలా ఆశ్చర్యానందాలతో హర్షభరితులై, పరస్పరం ప్రశంసించుకుంటూ మంత్రులు అతనిని ప్రశ్నించారు; అప్పుడు అతడు తన స్వరూపసత్యాన్ని తత్త్వంగా వారికి తెలిపాడు।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’)

• āścarya-yutaiḥ: with wonder, endowed with amazement
• āścarya-yutaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त; √yuj (धातु) ‘युक्त’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) बहुवचनम्; ‘आश्चर्येण युत’ इति विशेषणम् (instrumental plural, qualifying persons)

• hṛṣṭaiḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √hṛṣ (धातु) ‘हृष्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘हृष्ट’

• praśaṃsadbhiḥ: praising
• praśaṃsadbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praśaṃsat (कृदन्त; √śaṃs (धातु) ‘प्रशंस्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle) ‘प्रशंसद्’

• parasparam: mutually, each other
• parasparam: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परम् (reciprocal adverb)

• pṛṣṭaḥ: (he) having been asked
• pṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √prach (धातु) ‘पृच्छ्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘पृष्ट’

• amātya-janena: by the ministers’ people (by the ministers)
• amātya-janena: Kartr (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amātya (प्रातिपदिक) + jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; ‘अमात्यानां जनः’ इति (by the group of ministers)

• asau: that man, he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• ātmānam: himself
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्म (object)

• prāha: said, spoke
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु) ‘अह्/ब्रू’
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tattvataḥ: truly, in accordance with reality
• tattvataḥ: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय; तत्त्व + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तत्त्वतः (adverb: ‘in truth/accurately’)

Speaker

Narrator (context not specified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly assembly: ministers, faces bright with astonishment, clustered around a radiant figure who begins to narrate his true identity; gestures of mutual praise and attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Amātya (ministers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is clarified through truthful speech; wonder should culminate in inquiry and right understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on inquiry and truthful disclosure.