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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच । चिरायुर्भगवानेव श्रूयते भुवनत्रये । तदर्थमहमायातस्तत्किमेवं वचस्तव

Transliteration

indradyumna uvāca | cirāyurbhagavāneva śrūyate bhuvanatraye | tadarthamahamāyātastatkimevaṃ vacastava

Translation

قال إندراديومنَ: «يُسمَعُ في العوالم الثلاثة أنَّ المباركَ الربَّ وحدَه طويلُ البقاء (أزليّ). ولأجلِ ذلك بعينه جئتُ—فلماذا تُقال كلماتُك على هذا النحو؟»

Word by Word
इन्द्रद्युम्नःIndradyumna
इन्द्रद्युम्नः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
चिरायुःlong-lived
चिरायुः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचिरायु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—चिरम् + आयुः (दीर्घम् आयुः यस्य)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ (emphasis/only)
श्रूयतेis heard/is said
श्रूयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
भुवनत्रयेin the three worlds
भुवनत्रये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवनत्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—त्रयाणि भुवनानि (three worlds)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अर्थम्purpose
अर्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
आयातःhave come
आयातः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-या (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (active sense)
तत्then/that
तत्:
Sambandha (Reference/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
किम्what?
किम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)
एवम्thus/in this way
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
वचःspeech/words
वचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)
तवof you/your
तव:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

King Indradyumna

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed to the sage; context continues with Lomaśa and Nārada narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pilgrim-king Indradyumna, hands folded yet questioning, addresses an aged sage in a forest-hermitage setting; attendants stand back; the mood is inquisitive and reverent.

Characters & Entities
I
Indradyumna
B
Bhagavān (the Lord)

FAQs

Human longevity is limited; true permanence belongs to the Lord—prompting inquiry into the right spiritual means and understanding.

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up the dialogue about extraordinary longevity.

None explicitly; the verse is a question initiating doctrinal clarification.

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