Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

तुतोष च यथावञ्च पूजां प्राप्य च धर्मवित् । कुशली त्वं महाभाग तपसः कुशलं तव

Transliteration

tutoṣa ca yathāvañca pūjāṃ prāpya ca dharmavit | kuśalī tvaṃ mahābhāga tapasaḥ kuśalaṃ tava

Translation

Bậc thông đạt Dharma ấy hoan hỷ, sau khi thọ nhận sự cúng kính đúng phép. (Ngài nói:) “Hỡi bậc hữu phúc, khanh có an ổn chăng? Khổ hạnh (tapas) của khanh có tiến hành tốt đẹp chăng?”

Word by Word

• तुतोष: was pleased, rejoiced
• तुतोष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner adjunct/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक (manner/comparative)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पूजाम्: worship, honor
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained/received
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action adjunct/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-√आप् (धातु) + प्राप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having obtained)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—धर्मं वेत्ति इति (knower of dharma)

• कुशली: well, in good condition
• कुशली: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् भागः यस्य (O greatly fortunate)

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• कुशलम्: well-being, welfare
• कुशलम्: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यहाँ प्रथमा—‘कुशलं (अस्ति)’ (well-being)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator introducing dialogue; the welfare-inquiry is contextually by Dharmarāja to Nārada (speaker not explicitly tagged in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered dharma-knower receives formal worship and responds with gentle, auspicious questions about welfare and the progress of austerities.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Nārada
• Tapas
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring the holy and inquiring after their tapas are integral to dharma; reverence is shown through worship and caring speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on dhārmic hospitality and spiritual welfare.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Proper pūjā (yathāvat-pūjā) to a revered guest/sage is implied.