Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्य भक्त्या प्रसन्नोऽभूद्गतमार्गपरिश्रमः । उवाच मुनिशार्दूलः सच्छूद्रं तं कृतांजलिम्

Transliteration

tasya bhaktyā prasanno'bhūdgatamārgapariśramaḥ | uvāca muniśārdūlaḥ sacchūdraṃ taṃ kṛtāṃjalim

Translation

ด้วยความภักดีของเขา ฤๅษีจึงพอพระทัยและความเหน็ดเหนื่อยแห่งทางก็คลายไป “พยัคฆ์ท่ามกลางมุนี” นั้นจึงกล่าวแก่ศูทรผู้มีศีล ผู้ยืนประนมมือด้วยความเคารพ

Word by Word

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

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-विशेषण (agreeing with implied subject 'सः')

• अभूत्: became, was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गतमार्गपरिश्रमः: whose travel-fatigue had gone
• गतमार्गपरिश्रमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम् + क्त, कृदन्त) + मार्ग + परिश्रम (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मार्गपरिश्रमः = मार्गस्य परिश्रमः; गतमार्गपरिश्रमः = गतः (नष्टः) मार्गपरिश्रमः यस्य/अस्य) — अर्थतः 'journey-fatigue gone'

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनिशार्दूलः: the tiger among sages (great sage)
• मुनिशार्दूलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपमान-समासार्थः (मुनिषु शार्दूलः = tiger among sages)

• सत्: good, noble
• सत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; √अस् शतृ/सत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with 'शूद्रम्')

• शूद्रम्: Śūdra (man of that varṇa)
• शूद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कृताञ्जलिम्: with joined palms
• कृताञ्जलिम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ + क्त, कृदन्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृतः अञ्जलिः येन = with hands joined)

Speaker

Gālava (implied by prior verse introducing Gālava muni)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable sage, radiant and calm after travel, addresses a humble Śūdra devotee standing with añjali (folded hands), in a tīrtha setting with trees and a waterbody nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and humility (añjali) win the grace of the wise; virtue is recognized by conduct, and bhakti removes hardships.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it continues a tīrtha-themed narrative centered on merit gained through devotion and honoring sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reverential conduct: standing with folded hands (kṛtāñjali) and serving devotees/sages with bhakti.