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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। ऋषय ऊचुः । अन्यानि तत्र तीर्थानि यानि संति महामते । तानि कीर्तय सर्वाणि परं कौतूहलं हि नः

Transliteration

| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | anyāni tatra tīrthāni yāni saṃti mahāmate | tāni kīrtaya sarvāṇi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ

Translation

قال الحكماء: «يا عظيمَ الرأي، ما سائرُ التيَرثات، مواضعُ الاغتسال المقدّسة، الموجودةُ في تلك الناحية؟ فاذكرها كلَّها، فإنّ شوقَنا إلى المعرفة شديد».

Word by Word
ऋषयःthe sages
ऋषयः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
अन्यानिother
अन्यानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
तीर्थानिsacred fords/pilgrimage places
तीर्थानि:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)
यानिwhich
यानि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
सन्तिare
सन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—बहुव्रीहि (महती मतिः यस्य)
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
कीर्तयdescribe/proclaim
कीर्तय:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तय् (नामधातु; कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + णिच्)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण
परम्great/supreme
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण
कौतूहलम्curiosity
कौतूहलम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये-अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)
नःof us/our
नः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (enclitic)
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (the narrator addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of sages in an āśrama, leaning forward in curiosity, addressing the narrator with palms joined, requesting a full account of the region’s tīrthas.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta (implied interlocutor)
P
Puṣkara (context)

FAQs

Reverent inquiry into sacred geography is presented as a dharmic impulse that leads to knowledge of meritorious practices.

The question concerns additional tīrthas “there,” i.e., in the Puṣkara region being praised in this Tīrthamāhātmya.

None directly; it is a request to enumerate tīrthas and their praises.

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