Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

सुलक्षणाषाढधरः सद्वृत्तः प्रति भानवान् । ततस्तं पूजयामासुस्तत्सख्यो बहुमानतः

Transliteration

sulakṣaṇāṣāḍhadharaḥ sadvṛttaḥ prati bhānavān | tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsustatsakhyo bahumānataḥ

Translation

Ngài mang những tướng lành, khoác y āṣāḍha; nết hạnh đoan chính, trí tuệ rạng ngời. Bấy giờ các bạn đồng hành của nàng kính lễ và cúng dường Ngài với lòng tôn trọng sâu xa.

Word by Word

• su-lakṣaṇa-āṣāḍha-dharaḥ: wearing an excellent āṣāḍha (garment) with good marks
• su-lakṣaṇa-āṣāḍha-dharaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āṣāḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः; विशेषणम् (to implied 'saḥ'/Hara)

• sat-vṛttaḥ: of good conduct
• sat-vṛttaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक; √vṛt)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः; विशेषणम्

• prati: towards, in respect to
• prati: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपसर्गसदृशं कर्मप्रवचनीयम् (preposition: 'towards/with regard to')

• bhānavān: radiant, illustrious
• bhānavān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhānavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अनुक्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• pūjayāmāsuḥ: worshipped, honored
• pūjayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) बहुवचनम्; (periphrastic/āma-formation)

• tat-sakhyaḥ: his female friends/companions
• tat-sakhyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः ('his friends')

• bahu-mānataḥ: with great respect
• bahu-mānataḥ: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + māna (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषणम् (ablatival adverb: 'out of great respect')

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brahmacārin appears radiant and well-marked; Pārvatī’s companions approach with folded hands, offering respectful worship—water, flowers, and a seat—within a forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (as brahmacārin)
• Pārvatī’s companions

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma praises honoring a virtuous guest; reverence to ascetics becomes reverence to God.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly praised in this verse; the narrative remains in the Himalayan tapas locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (honoring/worship) offered to the visiting brahmacārin-like figure is implied as proper conduct.