Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

प्रतीक्षमाणा च वरं यथाकालोचितं हि यत् । तदुपस्थापयेत्सर्वमनुद्वि ग्नातिहृष्टवत्

Transliteration

pratīkṣamāṇā ca varaṃ yathākālocitaṃ hi yat | tadupasthāpayetsarvamanudvi gnātihṛṣṭavat

Translation

นางพึงเฝ้ารอด้วยความเอาใจใส่ แล้วนำสิ่งทั้งปวงที่เหมาะควรตามกาลมาถวาย จงกระทำโดยไม่กระสับกระส่าย และไม่ยินดีเกินประมาณ—ด้วยจิตที่มั่นคง

Word by Word

• pratīkṣamāṇā: waiting
• pratīkṣamāṇā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-īkṣ (धातु) → pratīkṣamāṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्—आत्मनेपद) — present participle

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• varam: the bridegroom/boon (here: bridegroom)
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yathā-kāla-ucitam: proper at the right time
• yathā-kāla-ucitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + ucita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-सदृश प्रयोग: ‘according to time’ + ‘proper’ — used as adjective to ‘yat’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• yat: whatever (that)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• upasthāpayet: should present/arrange
• upasthāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-sthā (धातु) (causative sense ‘to present’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘everything’ as object

• anudvignā: untroubled
• anudvignā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udvij (धातु) → udvigna (कृदन्त) with prefix an-
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; निष्ठा-प्रत्यय (क्त) with an- (negation) — ‘not agitated’

• ati-hṛṣṭa-vat: as if very delighted
• ati-hṛṣṭa-vat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: वत्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial ‘like/as if’)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (didactic instruction on strī-dharma; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands quietly near a shrine, holding a tray of offerings, waiting for the proper moment; face calm, posture steady; attendants and lamp indicate ritual timing.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is steadiness—doing what is appropriate at the right time, free from inner disturbance and extremes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is a general dharma instruction within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is mandated; it prescribes timely, orderly presentation of needed items (upasthāpana).