Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

प्रत्युत्तस्थुस्ततो विप्राः पूजां गृहीत्वा समागताः । प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादौ चाकुर्वंस्ते च परस्परम्

Transliteration

pratyuttasthustato viprāḥ pūjāṃ gṛhītvā samāgatāḥ | pratyutthānābhivādau cākurvaṃste ca parasparam

Translation

แล้วพราหมณ์ทั้งหลายก็ลุกขึ้นตอบรับ ก้าวออกมาพร้อมเครื่องสักการะ และต่างฝ่ายต่างกระทำธรรมเนียมการลุกขึ้นต้อนรับกับการถวายคำนับอย่างเคารพต่อกัน

Word by Word

• प्रत्युत्तस्थुः: stood up in response
• प्रत्युत्तस्थुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु) + प्रति-उत् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (ablatival adverb: then/from that)

• विप्राः: the Brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पूजाम्: honour / worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having accepted/taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गृहीत्वा (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• समागताः: assembled / came together
• समागताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समागत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु + सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादौ: rising up and salutations
• प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्युत्थान + अभिवाद (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (two items)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अकुर्वन्: did / performed
• अकुर्वन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Sambandha (Reciprocal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (reciprocal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas rise together, carrying trays of honor—water-pot, flowers, sandal paste—approaching the guest; both sides exchange salutations in a composed, ritual manner.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through mutual respect—honoring the honorable is itself a sacred act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, where refined dharmic conduct accompanies worship and pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyutthāna (rising to greet) and abhivāda (salutation), along with bringing pūjā/honor-offerings.