Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तमागतं मुनिं दृष्ट्वा ज्वलंतमिव पावकम् । अर्घ्याद्यैः पूजयामासुर्मुनयः ।शौनकादयः

Transliteration

tamāgataṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalaṃtamiva pāvakam | arghyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsurmunayaḥ |śaunakādayaḥ

Translation

اس آئے ہوئے منی کو، جو دہکتی آگ کی مانند درخشاں تھا، دیکھ کر شونک وغیرہ رشیوں نے اَर्घیہ اور دیگر استقبالی نذرانوں سے اس کی پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, accusative singular

• आगतम्: having come, arrived
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Past participle, masculine accusative singular

• मुनिम्: the sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, accusative singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — Absolutive ‘having seen’

• ज्वलन्तम्: blazing
• ज्वलन्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Present active participle used adjectivally, masculine accusative singular

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• पावकम्: fire
• पावकम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, accusative singular; upamāna (standard of comparison)

• अर्घ्याद्यैः: with offerings such as arghya
• अर्घ्याद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Neuter, instrumental plural; ‘with arghya and the like’

• पूजयामासुः: they worshipped, honored
• पूजयामासुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd plural

• मुनयः: the sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, nominative plural

• शौनकादयः: Śaunaka and others
• शौनकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, nominative plural; ‘Śaunaka and others’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaunaka and sages rise to welcome Sūta; one offers arghya in a vessel, another presents flowers and kusa; Sūta appears radiant like fire, with a luminous aura against the forest shade.

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Sūta
• Naimiṣāraṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring a realized guest and teacher is itself dharma and prepares the ground for sacred instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action occurs in Naimiṣāraṇya; the Setu tīrtha is the main subject introduced in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya and customary welcome rites to a visiting sage (atithi-satkāra).