Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इति भद्रायुषं सम्यगनुशास्य समातृकम् । ताभ्यां संपूजितः सोऽथ योगी स्वैरगतिर्ययौ

Transliteration

iti bhadrāyuṣaṃ samyaganuśāsya samātṛkam | tābhyāṃ saṃpūjitaḥ so'tha yogī svairagatiryayau

Translation

于是，他如法善诫婆陀罗优沙并其母亲；二人恭敬礼拜供养之后，那位瑜伽行者便自在离去，随心所欲而行。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• भद्रायुषम्: Bhadrāyuṣa (proper name)
• भद्रायुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रायुṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); कर्मपद

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अनुशास्य: having instructed
• अनुशास्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-√शास् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having instructed)

• समातृकम्: together with his mother
• समातृकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-आतृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying भद्रायुषम्)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Instrumental dual)

• संपूजितः: having been duly honored
• संपूजितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• योगी: the yogi
• योगी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• स्वैरगतिः: one whose movement is at will
• स्वैरगतिः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वैर-गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणभावेन (appositive to योगी)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual—Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene yogin, staff and waterpot, finishing instruction to Bhadrāyuṣa and his mother; they offer respectful worship as he departs along a forest path.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrāyuṣa
• Yogī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True guidance (upadeśa) received with humility and honouring the saintly leads to clarity in dharma, while the renunciate remains unattached and free.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition emphasizing the sanctity of saintly counsel.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the act highlighted is respectful worship (pūjā) of the yogin after receiving instruction.