Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

।ययातिरुवाच । स्वागतं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ सफलं मेऽद्यजीवितम् । कथयस्व प्रसादेन कथामर्बुदसंभवाम्

Transliteration

|yayātiruvāca | svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha saphalaṃ me'dyajīvitam | kathayasva prasādena kathāmarbudasaṃbhavām

Translation

Yayāti thưa: “Kính chào bậc hiền thánh tối thượng. Hôm nay đời ta đã nên viên mãn. Xin vì lòng từ mẫn mà kể cho ta nghe thánh truyện về nguồn gốc của Arbuda.”

Word by Word

• yayātiḥ: Yayāti
• yayātiḥ: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yayāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• svāgatam: welcome
• svāgatam: Bhāva (Greeting expression)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग) + āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्वागतम्’ = welcome (as a greeting)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• muniśreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muniśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां श्रेष्ठ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• saphalam: fruitful
• saphalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (जीवितम्)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• adya: today
• adya: Kāla
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• jīvitam: life
• jīvitam: Karta (Subject of implied ‘asti’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kathayasva: tell/narrate
• kathayasva: Kriyā (Request)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kathaya (धातु-प्रयोगः; √kath/√kathay)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prasādena: by (your) grace
• prasādena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे (by your grace)

• kathām: the story
• kathām: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• arbuda-saṃbhavām: arising from/connected with Arbuda
• arbuda-saṃbhavām: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अर्बुदस्य सम्भवः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कथाम्)

Speaker

Yayāti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (requested)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis; inner frame: Pulastya addressed by Yayāti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yayāti welcomes Pulastya with folded hands, expressing that his life is fulfilled and requesting the compassionate telling of Arbuda’s origin story.

Characters & Entities

• Yayāti
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent inquiry to a realized sage is praised as life-fulfilling and opens the door to sacred place-glories (māhātmya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda—introduced as a sacred region/mountain whose origin-story will ground its tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it initiates the request for the Arbuda māhātmya that will lead into pilgrimage details.