Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

दीर्घतमा उवाच । सर्वत्र कुशलं ब्रह्मन्सुदर्शन महामते । मम वेदाटवीनाथकृपया नाशुभं क्वचित्

Transliteration

dīrghatamā uvāca | sarvatra kuśalaṃ brahmansudarśana mahāmate | mama vedāṭavīnāthakṛpayā nāśubhaṃ kvacit

Translation

ทีรฆตมสกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ สุทรรศนะผู้มีปัญญายิ่ง ทุกแห่งหนเป็นสิริมงคล ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งพระนาถแห่งเวทารัณยะ สิ่งอัปมงคลไม่เคยบังเกิดแก่ข้าพเจ้าเลย”

Word by Word

• दीर्घतमाः: Dīrghatamas
• दीर्घतमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (वक्ता)

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

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Sambandha (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (everywhere)

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (well-being)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुदर्शन: O Sudarśana
• सुदर्शन: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत् (O great-minded one)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वेदाटवीनाथकृपया: by the grace of the lord of Vedāṭavī
• वेदाटवीनाथकृपया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाटवीनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वेदाटवीनाथस्य कृपया (by the grace of the lord of Vedāṭavī)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (negation)

• अशुभम्: anything inauspicious
• अशुभम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (of implied ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक (inauspiciousness)

• क्वचित्: anywhere, at any time
• क्वचित्: Sambandha (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (anywhere/ever)

Speaker

Dīrghatamas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vedāṭavī / Vedāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage speaks with quiet certainty, gesturing toward the unseen presence of Vedāṭavīnātha; the atmosphere feels protected and auspicious around the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghatamas
• Sudarśana
• Vedāṭavīnātha (Lord of Vedāraṇya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is secured through divine grace accessed by devotion and tapas; the presiding deity of a sacred place protects the sincere practitioner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vedāraṇya (Vedāṭavī), specifically through its presiding Lord, Vedāṭavīnātha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription here; it emphasizes the fruit of sustained worship—freedom from inauspiciousness through the deity’s kṛpā.