Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

समागमे मुनीनां तु देवानां हि तथैव च । कथितं देवदेवेन शितिकण्ठेन भारत । कैलासे पर्वतश्रेष्ठे तत्ते संकथयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

samāgame munīnāṃ tu devānāṃ hi tathaiva ca | kathitaṃ devadevena śitikaṇṭhena bhārata | kailāse parvataśreṣṭhe tatte saṃkathayāmyaham

Translation

في مجمع الحكماء (المونيين)، وكذلك في حضرة الآلهة، نطق بهذا إلهُ الآلهة شِتيكَṇṭha (شيفا)، يا بهاراتا، على كايلاسا، أفضلِ الجبال. وتلك الحكاية أسردها لك الآن.

Word by Word

• समागमे: in the assembly/meeting
• समागमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place/occasion)

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (but/indeed)

• देवानाम्: of gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); कारण/निश्चयार्थे (for/indeed)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb); 'so/thus'

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कथितम्: was told/said
• कथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'said/told'

• देवदेवेन: by the god of gods
• देवदेवेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by)

• शितिकण्ठेन: by Śitikaṇṭha (Śiva)
• शितिकण्ठेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिति + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम; कर्तृ-निर्देश (by)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पर्वतश्रेष्ठे: on the best mountain
• पर्वतश्रेष्ठे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; 'best of mountains'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (that [matter])

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (Dative/Genitive nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (enclitic); सम्बन्ध (to you/for you)

• संकथयामि: I narrate
• संकथयामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'I relate'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snow-bright Kailāsa, Śitikaṇṭha (blue-throated Śiva) addresses an assembly of devas and munis; the narrator turns to Bhārata to transmit the sacred account.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śitikaṇṭha
• Kailāsa
• Devas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-greatness is revealed through divine discourse and preserved through sage-to-king transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha is the topic being introduced; Kailāsa is given as the narrative setting of the original teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the authority-chain (Śiva → assembly → present narration).