Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अथ सर्वान्समाहूय महर्षीनमितद्युतीन् । प्रसाद्य प्रार्थयामास तस्य पुंस्त्वं महीपतिः

Transliteration

atha sarvānsamāhūya maharṣīnamitadyutīn | prasādya prārthayāmāsa tasya puṃstvaṃ mahīpatiḥ

Translation

پھر بادشاہ نے بے پایاں جلال والے سب مہارشیوں کو بلا بھیجا؛ انہیں راضی کر کے اس نے التجا کی کہ اس کی (یا اس شخص کی) مردانگی دوبارہ عطا کی جائے۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हु (धातु) → समाहूय (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• महर्षीन्: great sages
• महर्षीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अमितद्युतीन्: of immeasurable radiance
• अमितद्युतीन्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (possessive: ‘whose splendor is immeasurable’), पुल्लिङ्ग (M), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated/pleased
• प्रसाद्य: Kriyā (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) → प्रसाद्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्; causative sense ‘to please’)
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• प्रार्थयामास: requested, entreated
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriyā (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थ् (धातु) → प्रार्थय (णिच् causative stem)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative/denominative-like ‘to request’)

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

• पुंस्त्वम्: manhood, male state
• पुंस्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (N), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महीपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुल्लिङ्ग (M), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king convenes radiant sages; he offers respectful hospitality and then pleads for restoration of manhood; sages sit in a semicircle with kamaṇḍalus and darbha seats, fire altar nearby.

Characters & Entities

• King (mahīpati)
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly power fails, righteous kings turn to realized sages; humility before dharma and the saintly is presented as the path to restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it focuses on approaching sages and seeking a dharmic remedy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is ‘prasādana’—propitiating sages through respectful conduct and supplication; no specific vrata is detailed here.