Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

पराशरोनाम मुनिराजगाम यदृच्छया । तं शब्दमभिलक्ष्यासौ साधुसज्जनसंमतः

Transliteration

parāśaronāma munirājagāma yadṛcchayā | taṃ śabdamabhilakṣyāsau sādhusajjanasaṃmataḥ

Translation

มหาฤๅษีนามว่า ปราศระ มาถึงที่นั่นโดยบังเอิญ ครั้นสังเกตเสียงนั้น ท่านผู้เป็นที่เคารพ—เป็นที่ยอมรับของสาธุชน—ก็หยั่งรู้เหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น

Word by Word

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositional marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः (quotative/‘by name’)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition to Parāśara/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आजगाम: came, arrived
• आजगाम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदृच्छया: by chance
• यदृच्छया: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (by chance)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शब्दम्: sound, cry
• शब्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभिलक्ष्य: having noticed
• अभिलक्ष्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√लक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having noticed’

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साधु-सज्जन-संमतः: approved by the good and the virtuous
• साधु-सज्जन-संमतः: Viśeṣaṇa (of ‘असौ’/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सज्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + संमत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; ‘साधुभिः सज्जनैः च संमतः’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘संमत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta in frame narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parāśara steps forward, pausing as he hears a sound of grief; his face shows alert compassion and composed judgment; the environment suggests a sacred coastal/forest edge.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A realized sage is attentive to the cries of beings; compassion and discernment are hallmarks of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape), though this verse centers on Parāśara’s arrival.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.