Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं विरराम महेश्वरः । वसिष्ठोऽपि सुहृष्टात्मा गौतमाद्या मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ virarāma maheśvaraḥ | vasiṣṭho'pi suhṛṣṭātmā gautamādyā munīśvarāḥ

Translation

Sinabi ni Sūta: Pagkasambit ng gayong mga salita, si Maheśvara ay tumahimik. Si Vasiṣṭha man ay nagalak sa puso, at ang mga panginoon ng mga muni, na pinangungunahan ni Gautama, ay nagsaya rin.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘said’

• एतावत्: this much
• एतावत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतावत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘this much’ (as measure)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) — ‘having spoken’

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विरराम: ceased
• विरराम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘ceased; stopped’

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also)

• सुहृष्ट-आत्मा: of very delighted heart
• सुहृष्ट-आत्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose self is very delighted’ (qualifies वसिष्ठः)

• गौतम-आद्याः: Gautama and others
• गौतम-आद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘Gautama and others’

• मुनीश्वराः: sage-lords
• मुनीश्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — ‘lords among sages’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied by Sūta-voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forested mountain hermitage court: Maheśvara’s presence just concluded; sages like Vasiṣṭha and Gautama sit radiant and pleased, hands in añjali, the air quiet after divine speech.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Gautama
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True teachings on a tīrtha and deity’s greatness bring joy and affirmation to realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context remains the Acaleśvara-liṅga and its associated tīrthas in Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition noting the end of Śiva’s discourse.