Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सहसोत्थाय शातातपपुरोगमाः । अर्घ्यपाद्यादिसत्कारैः पूजयामासुर्मां द्विजाः

Transliteration

tataste sahasotthāya śātātapapurogamāḥ | arghyapādyādisatkāraiḥ pūjayāmāsurmāṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

تب شاتاتپ کی پیشوائی میں اُن دوبارہ جنمے ہوئے برہمن فوراً اٹھ کھڑے ہوئے اور ارغیہ، پادْیہ وغیرہ آدابِ تعظیم کے نذرانوں سے میری پوجا کی۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• sahasā: quickly
• sahasā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): सहसा (suddenly/quickly)

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut√sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): उत्थाय (having risen)

• śātātapa-purogamāḥ: led by Śātātapa
• śātātapa-purogamāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śātātapa (प्रातिपदिक) + purogama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/निर्देशः: शातातपः पुरोगमः येषाम् (those led by Śātātapa)

• arghya-pādya-ādi-satkāraiḥ: with honors like arghya and pādya
• arghya-pādya-ādi-satkāraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक) + pādya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय) + satkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); समासः: अर्घ्यं च पाद्यं च आदयः (etc.) तैः सत्कारैः (with honors such as arghya and pādya)

• pūjayāmāsuḥ: they worshipped
• pūjayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (they worshipped)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative, Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• dvijāḥ: the Brahmins
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Nārada (narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (addressed in the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas rise together, led by Śātātapa, offering arghya and pādya to the arriving sage with folded hands and ritual vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Śātātapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring guests and sages with proper hospitality is upheld as a core expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on righteous conduct (atithi-satkāra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arghya and pādya offerings (standard honors for a revered guest) are explicitly mentioned.