Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अद्य स्वप्ने मया विप्राः प्रियालापपरः पिता । अतिहृष्टमना दृष्टः श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः

Transliteration

adya svapne mayā viprāḥ priyālāpaparaḥ pitā | atihṛṣṭamanā dṛṣṭaḥ śvetamālyānulepanaḥ

Translation

“آج، اے وِپرو! میں نے خواب میں اپنے پتا کو دیکھا—محبت بھرے کلام میں مشغول، نہایت شادمان، سفید ہاروں اور خوشبودار لیپ سے آراستہ۔”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — ‘today/this day’

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — ‘by me’

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन

• प्रियालापपरः: intent on dear conversation
• प्रियालापपरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय + आलाप + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — प्रियालापे परः (intent on dear talk)

• पिता: father (Daśaratha)
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अतिहृष्टमना: very joyful-minded
• अतिहृष्टमना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + हृष्ट + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — अतिहृष्टं मनः यस्य (whose mind is very delighted)

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘seen’ (predicate with implied ‘अहम्’)

• श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः: adorned with white garlands and unguents
• श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत + माल्य + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — श्वेतं माल्यं च अनुलेपनं च यस्य (having white garlands and unguents)

Speaker

Rāma (addressing the Brahmins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-sattamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma speaks to brāhmaṇas, describing Daśaratha’s dream-form: joyful, engaged in loving speech, adorned with white garlands and fragrant unguents; brāhmaṇas listen attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśaratha
• Brahmins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious signs regarding ancestors—joyful appearance and pure adornments—can indicate receptivity to pitṛ-offerings and dharmic attention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pitṛkūpikā is the contextual tīrtha, presented as a place where pitṛ-related signs and merits manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this verse; it presents the dream-details that prompt inquiry about śrāddha and pitṛ-rites.