Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

भक्त्या मुनिं प्रणम्यासौ पिता तस्य सुतस्य वै । तस्मै निवेदयामास स्वपुत्रस्य विचेष्टितम्

Transliteration

bhaktyā muniṃ praṇamyāsau pitā tasya sutasya vai | tasmai nivedayāmāsa svaputrasya viceṣṭitam

Translation

ด้วยศรัทธา บิดาผู้นั้นกราบนอบน้อมต่อมุนี แล้วทูลเล่าเรื่องกิริยาอันประหลาดและน่าวิตกของบุตรตนให้ท่านทราบ

Word by Word

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• असौ: that (man), he
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• पिता: the father
• पिता: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; ‘असौ पिता’ समनाधिकरणम्

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• सुतस्य: of (his) son
• सुतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• निवेदयामास: reported/informed
• निवेदयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद्/विद् (धातु) → निवेदय (णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) ‘to inform’

• स्वपुत्रस्य: of his own son
• स्वपुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य पुत्रः)

• विचेष्टितम्: the (strange) behavior
• विचेष्टितम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + चेष्ट् (धातु) → विचेष्टित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘कृत्य/आचरण’ अर्थे भाववाचक प्रयोग

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (within Setu-kṣetra frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the hermitage entrance, the father bows with folded hands before Agastya; the son stands or sits nearby, visibly disturbed; disciples and sacred fire witness the plea.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• father
• son

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching spiritual authority with bhakti and humility is portrayed as the proper dharmic way to seek guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-khaṇḍa framework connects to Setu/Rāmeśvaram pilgrimage lore; this verse itself highlights the sage-disciple etiquette rather than a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is praṇāma (reverential bowing) to a muni; no formal vrata or dāna is stated.