Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कुशलं मम राष्ट्रं च भवतामंघ्रिस्पर्शनात् । दर्शनेन महाभाग जातोऽहं गतकिल्बिषः

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kuśalaṃ mama rāṣṭraṃ ca bhavatāmaṃghrisparśanāt | darśanena mahābhāga jāto'haṃ gatakilbiṣaḥ

Translation

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا: آپ کے مقدس قدموں کے لمس سے میرا راجیہ خیریت اور سعادت میں ہے۔ اور اے صاحبِ نصیبِ عظیم، آپ کے دیدار ہی سے میں پاک ہو گیا ہوں—میرے گناہوں کی میل جھڑ گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• kuśalam: well-being, prosperity
• kuśalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular); सर्वनाम

• rāṣṭram: kingdom, realm
• rāṣṭram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavatām: of you (honorific, plural)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural); आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific)

• aṃghri-sparśanāt: from the touching of (your) feet
• aṃghri-sparśanāt: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃghri (प्रातिपदिक) + sparśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (aṃghreḥ sparśanam = touch of the feet)

• darśanena: by (your) sight, by seeing (you)
• darśanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• mahābhāga: O greatly fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्-प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular); कर्मधारय (mahān bhāgaḥ = greatly fortunate)

• jātaḥ: become, born (i have become)
• jātaḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• gata-kilbiṣaḥ: freed from sin
• gata-kilbiṣaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; gam-धातु) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); बहुव्रीहि (yasya kilbiṣaṃ gataṃ saḥ = whose sin has gone)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: महाभाग ऋषि/ब्राह्मण (प्रसंगस्थ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: युधिष्ठिर विनयपूर्वक ऋषि/महाभाग के चरण स्पर्श करते हैं; पीछे राजपुरुष/भ्राता; ऋषि तेजोमय, आशीर्वाद मुद्रा; वातावरण पवित्र।

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with the holy (touch of feet and darśana of sages) is portrayed as a purifier that brings welfare to both ruler and realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is implicit; the verse highlights the sanctifying presence of holy persons rather than a named bathing-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies the devotional practice of honoring saints (pāda-sparśa, darśana).