Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

विप्रस्त्र्युवाच । अहमद्य कृतार्थास्मि तव दर्शनमात्रतः । एतौ कुमारौ भगवंस्त्वामेव शरणं गतौ

Transliteration

viprastryuvāca | ahamadya kṛtārthāsmi tava darśanamātrataḥ | etau kumārau bhagavaṃstvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatau

Translation

婆罗门女子说道：“今日仅得见尊者之达尔善（darśana），我便已圆满。噢，圣者，这两名男童唯以您为归依而来。”

Word by Word

• विप्र-स्त्री: the brahmin woman
• विप्र-स्त्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कृतार्था: fulfilled
• कृतार्था: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative singular); विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• दर्शन-मात्रतः: merely by (your) sight
• दर्शन-मात्रतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल् प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); हेत्वर्थ/कारणवाचक (because of/merely from)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Nominative dual)

• कुमारौ: boys
• कुमारौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Nominative dual)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• शरणम्: refuge
• शरणम्: Gati-karma (Goal object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• गतौ: have gone (taken)
• गतौ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन (Nominative dual); विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Vipra-strī (brāhmaṇa woman)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience/ṛṣi (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa woman speaks with folded hands, eyes moist with gratitude; two boys stand close, seeking protection; the sage listens compassionately.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra-strī
• Śāṇḍilya (implied addressee)
• two boys

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of the holy is itself a purifier, and taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) is the doorway to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; the emphasis is on the sanctity of meeting the righteous.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the practice highlighted is surrender to a worthy spiritual authority.