Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

दुर्जयो हींद्रियग्रामो मुह्यते पंडितोऽपि सन् । गुरुमभ्यागतं गेहे स्वयमुत्थाय यत्नतः

Transliteration

durjayo hīṃdriyagrāmo muhyate paṃḍito'pi san | gurumabhyāgataṃ gehe svayamutthāya yatnataḥ

Translation

ఇంద్రియసమూహము నిజముగా దుర్జయము; పండితుడైనవాడుకూడా మోహపడవచ్చు. కనుక గురువు ఇంటికి వచ్చినప్పుడు తానే లేచి యత్నపూర్వకంగా భక్తితో స్వాగతించాలి.

Word by Word

• durjayaḥ: hard to conquer
• durjayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durjaya (प्रातिपदिक; दुḥ+जय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/सम्बोधनार्थक-अव्यय (particle, emphatic)

• indriya-grāmaḥ: the group of senses
• indriya-grāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)

• muhyate: is deluded
• muhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (मुह् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd sg. pres. Ā.)

• paṇḍitaḥ: a learned man
• paṇḍitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masc. nom. sg.)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even/also)

• san: being (though)
• san: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (present active participle: being)

• gurum: the teacher
• gurum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (masc. acc. sg.)

• abhyāgatam: who has arrived
• abhyāgatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-ā-gam (अभि+आ+गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (past participle: arrived)

• gehe: in the house
• gehe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (neut. loc. sg.)

• svayam: oneself
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: oneself)

• utthāya: having stood up
• utthāya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ut-sthā (उत्+स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive): having risen

• yatnataḥ: carefully/with effort
• yatnataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): with effort

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder, having noticed the guru at the threshold, rises promptly with folded hands; the senses are symbolized as restless horses being reined in.

Characters & Entities

• Guru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sense-control is difficult; humility and reverence—especially toward the guru—protect the mind from delusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography appears here; it is an instruction on ethical and devotional conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An etiquette rule: rise promptly and receive the arriving guru with attentive respect.