Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्ठिरः श्रुत्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः । भ्रात्ःन् विलोकयामास हृष्टरोमा मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śrutvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | bhrātḥn vilokayāmāsa hṛṣṭaromā muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

یہ سن کر یدھشٹھِر پرلے درجے کے تعجب میں ڈوب گیا؛ رونگٹے کھڑے ہو گئے اور وہ بار بار اپنے بھائیوں کو دیکھتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana/Temporal (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर) — ‘then’

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु √श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); परस्मैपदी — Absolutive ‘having heard’

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine

• परमम्: great, supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Accusative singular masculine; विशेषणम् (विस्मयम्)

• गतः: attained, entered
• गतः: Kriya/State (क्रिया/अवस्था)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु √गम्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग — Past participle ‘gone/attained’, nominative singular masculine

• भ्रातॄन्: (his) brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचनम् — Accusative plural masculine

• विलोकयामास: looked at, gazed upon
• विलोकयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु √लोक्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिप्रास/भूतार्थे); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचनम् — Periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular active (‘looked at’)

• हृष्टरोमा: with bristling hair (thrilled)
• हृष्टरोमा: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + रोमान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचनम् — Nominative singular masculine; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टानि रोमाणि यस्य सः)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘again and again’

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति) — repetition for emphasis

Speaker

Narrator within the dialogue frame (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dārutīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, eyes widened, hair bristling in devotional awe, turns repeatedly to look at his brothers after hearing the tīrtha’s origin and power.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍavas (brothers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing sacred-place lore (tīrtha-kathā) can awaken devotional wonder and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The reaction follows the Dārutīrtha māhātmya account just narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse records the listener’s devotional astonishment.