Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

इति स्तुत्वा हरिं विप्रास्तूष्णीमास्ते स गालवः । श्रुत्वा स्तुतिं श्रुति सुखां हरिस्तस्यमहात्मनः

Transliteration

iti stutvā hariṃ viprāstūṣṇīmāste sa gālavaḥ | śrutvā stutiṃ śruti sukhāṃ haristasyamahātmanaḥ

Translation

ครั้นสรรเสริญพระหริแล้ว พราหมณ์คาลวะก็นิ่งเงียบอยู่ เมื่อทรงสดับบทสรรเสริญอันรื่นหูนั้น พระหริผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ทรงรับฟังถ้อยคำของฤๅษีผู้มีมหาตมันั้น

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणचिह्न (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), इत्यर्थे/उक्त्यवसानसूचकः

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विप्राः: the brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तूष्णीम्: silently
• तूष्णीम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूष्णीम्
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), मौनार्थकः

• आस्ते: remains/sits
• आस्ते: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गालवः: Gālava
• गालवः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• स्तुतिम्: the hymn/praise
• स्तुतिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• श्रुतिसुखाम्: pleasing to the ear
• श्रुतिसुखाम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रुतेः सुखा)

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Setukhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava, having finished the hymn, sits in composed silence; Hari attentively receives the stuti, the atmosphere calm and sanctified.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise offered with humility is received by the Lord, and silence after worship signifies reverence and inner steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Setu Māhātmya, centered on the sanctity of Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is specified; the verse highlights stuti (praise) and contemplative silence following worship.