Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

अद्य धन्योऽस्मि धन्योऽस्मि कृतार्थो पितरौ मम । यत्प्रेक्षितोऽहं कारुण्यात्त्वया संभाषितोपि च

Transliteration

adya dhanyo'smi dhanyo'smi kṛtārtho pitarau mama | yatprekṣito'haṃ kāruṇyāttvayā saṃbhāṣitopi ca

Translation

วันนี้ข้าพเจ้าช่างเป็นผู้มีบุญยิ่ง—มีบุญแท้! บิดามารดาของข้าพเจ้าก็สำเร็จความปรารถนา เพราะด้วยพระกรุณา ท่านได้ทอดพระเนตรข้าพเจ้า และยังตรัสกับข้าพเจ้าด้วย

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'today')

• धन्यः: blessed/fortunate
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masc. nom. sg.)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धन्यः: blessed
• धन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (repetition)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (repetition)

• कृतार्थः: having achieved the purpose; fulfilled
• कृतार्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः अर्थः यस्य/कृतः अर्थः = 'fulfilled purpose')

• पितरौ: (my) two parents / father and mother
• पितरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (nom. dual)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (gen. sg. 'of me/my')

• यत्: since/that
• यत्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय/यदर्थक-निपात (correlative particle 'since/that')

• प्रेक्षितः: seen (by you)
• प्रेक्षितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'seen/looked at'

• अहम्: I/me
• अहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (nom. sg.)

• कारुण्यात्: out of compassion
• कारुण्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (abl. sg. 'from/through compassion')

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (instr. sg. 'by you')

• संभाषितः: spoken to
• संभाषितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + भाष् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'spoken to/addressed'

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction 'and')

Speaker

Rājaputra (the prince, speaking to Takṣaka)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble prince (or devotee) with folded hands expresses gratitude after being compassionately looked upon and spoken to by a powerful being; attendants and a quiet court/forest setting suggest reverence and relief.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Rājaputra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude for divine or saintly compassion: being seen and addressed by a worthy being is itself a form of grace and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on the transformative power of compassionate encounter within a Purāṇic dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it emphasizes inner disposition—gratitude and reverence—rather than a specific rite.