Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुतः सन्मुनिभिः सुप्रीतः कमलोद्भवः । पाद्यार्घ्येणाभिवन्द्यैतान्पप्रच्छ मुनिपुंगवान्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutaḥ sanmunibhiḥ suprītaḥ kamalodbhavaḥ | pādyārghyeṇābhivandyaitānpapraccha munipuṃgavān

Translation

เมื่อได้รับการสรรเสริญจากเหล่ามุนีผู้ประเสริฐ พระผู้บังเกิดจากดอกบัวก็ปลื้มปีติยิ่งนัก ครั้นถวายปาทยะและอรฆยะเพื่อบูชาและต้อนรับแล้ว มุนีผู้เลิศนั้นจึงเอ่ยถามพวกเขา

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner adverb)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तृवाच्ये कर्मणि प्रयोगः (praised)

• सत्: good/holy
• सत्: Karaṇa (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् मुनिभिः (in compound sense)

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

• सुप्रीतः: well-pleased
• सुप्रीतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + प्रीत (प्रातिपदिक; प्रीत = प्री धातु + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् कमलोद्भवः

• कमलोद्भवः: the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• कमलोद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कमलात् उद्भवः)

• पाद्य: water for washing feet
• पाद्य: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम् (समाहारार्थे)

• अर्घ्येण: with arghya-offering
• अर्घ्येण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• अभिवन्द्य: having saluted
• अभिवन्द्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि- वन्द् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययम् (gerund), पूर्वकालक्रिया (having respectfully greeted)

• एतान्: these (sages)
• एतान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• पप्रच्छ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ्/पृच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• मुनिपुङ्गवान्: the foremost among sages
• मुनिपुङ्गवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + पुङ्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मुनिषु पुङ्गवः = श्रेष्ठः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (framing)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, pleased, extends ritual hospitality: attendants or Brahmā himself offers pādya and arghya to seated sages; vessels gleam; the atmosphere is formal and calm before questioning begins.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Kamalodbhava)
• Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• Pādya
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring holy guests with proper offerings is dharma and invites auspicious dialogue and guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within Dvārakā Māhātmya, though the verse centers on ritual hospitality in Brahmā’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pādya (water for washing feet) and arghya (respectful offering) are explicitly mentioned as forms of reception.