Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

प्रणाममकरोत्तस्मै मुनये स सुदर्शनः । उवाच दीर्घतमसं मुनिं प्रह्लादयन्निव

Transliteration

praṇāmamakarottasmai munaye sa sudarśanaḥ | uvāca dīrghatamasaṃ muniṃ prahlādayanniva

Translation

สุทรรศนะกราบนอบน้อมแด่มุนีนั้นด้วยอัษฏางคประณาม แล้วจึงกล่าวกับมุนีทีรฆตมสด้วยถ้อยคำเคารพ ราวกับทำให้ท่านยินดี

Word by Word

• प्रणामम्: salutation, bow
• प्रणामम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अकरोत्: did, made
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• मुनये: to the sage
• मुनये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तस्मै इति विशेषणार्थे (apposition)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुदर्शनः: Sudarśana
• सुदर्शनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दीर्घतमसम्: Dīrghatamas
• दीर्घतमसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (addressed/mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दीर्घतमसम् इति विशेष्य

• प्रह्लादयन्: gladdening, pleasing
• प्रह्लादयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता) (participial qualifier of ‘saḥ’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ह्लाद् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणभावे (while gladdening)

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमार्थक (as if)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāraṇya (Vedāṭavī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified priest (Sudarśana) bows fully to the seated sage Dīrghatamas; the sage’s calm gaze acknowledges the greeting; the forest hermitage frames the encounter.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana
• Dīrghatamas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence (praṇāma) and gentle speech are essential dharmic gateways to receiving a sage’s grace and instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vedāraṇya, indirectly, as the setting for proper sage-encounter and sacred etiquette.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of praṇāma (formal salutation) is shown as the appropriate preliminary observance.