Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

ततः प्रणम्य ता वीरं प्रोच्यमाना जयाशिषः । गंतुं कृताभिलाषाश्च प्राह पार्थो धनंजयः

Transliteration

tataḥ praṇamya tā vīraṃ procyamānā jayāśiṣaḥ | gaṃtuṃ kṛtābhilāṣāśca prāha pārtho dhanaṃjayaḥ

Translation

随后，他向那些英雄致敬顶礼，领受胜利的祝福。帕尔塔·檀那阇耶既已坚定启程之志，便开口说道。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: then/thereafter)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु √nam/नम्)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्तम् (gerund)

• tāḥ: them (those women)
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case/accusative), बहुवचनम्

• vīram: the hero
• vīram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचनम्

• procyamānāḥ: being addressed/told
• procyamānāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु √vac/वच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (agreeing with tāḥ understood as subject)

• jayāśiṣaḥ: victory-blessings
• jayāśiṣaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āśis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (jayasya āśiṣaḥ = blessings of victory)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु √gam/गम्)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive (गन्तुम्)

• kṛtābhilāṣāḥ: having the wish (to go)
• kṛtābhilāṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त from √kṛ/कृ) + abhilāṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (kṛtaḥ abhilāṣaḥ yāsām = having formed the desire)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (धातु अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्

• pārthaḥ: Pārtha
• pārthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम्

• dhanaṃjayaḥ: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• dhanaṃjayaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहि (dhanaṃ jayati iti = conqueror of wealth/one who wins riches)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārtha Dhanaṃjaya bows to heroic figures/elders; they raise hands in blessing, uttering victory benedictions; the hero’s posture shows readiness to depart.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous journey begins with humility—bowing to the worthy—and with auspicious blessings that steady one’s resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a transition into the tīrtha-focused discussion of the section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied dharmic act is praṇāma (reverential bowing) to the revered.