Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

अवाप परमं तोषं शंखचक्रगदाधरः । अथालिंग्य मुनिं शौरिश्चतुर्भिर्बाहुभिस्तदा

Transliteration

avāpa paramaṃ toṣaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ | athāliṃgya muniṃ śauriścaturbhirbāhubhistadā

Translation

พระผู้ทรงสังข์ จักร และคทา ทรงเปี่ยมด้วยความปีติยินดีอย่างยิ่ง แล้วพระเศาริได้ทรงโอบกอดฤๅษีนั้นด้วยพระกรทั้งสี่

Word by Word

• अवाप: obtained
• अवाप: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) उपसर्गः अव-
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तोषम्: delight, satisfaction
• तोषम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः: the bearer of conch, discus, and mace
• शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक; √धृ (धातु) + अच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (शङ्खं चक्रं गदां च धरति)

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: अव्यय (निपात), अनन्तरार्थकः

• आलिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• आलिङ्ग्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लिङ्ग्/√लिङ्ग् (धातु) उपसर्गः आ- (आलिङ्ग् = आलिङ्गन)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• शौरिः: Śauri (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• शौरिः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• चतुर्भिः: with four
• चतुर्भिः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• बाहुभिः: arms
• बाहुभिः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

Speaker

Narrator (within Setukhaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, bearing conch, discus, and mace, delighted by the hymn, steps forward and embraces the sage with four arms—an intimate, miraculous moment of divine-human closeness.

Characters & Entities

• Śauri (Viṣṇu)
• Gālava (the sage, implied)
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Gadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise culminates in divine acceptance—God’s grace is portrayed as intimate and personal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvaram) is the sacred setting where the Lord manifests favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the focus is on the fruit of stotra—receiving the Lord’s pleasure and grace.