Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

इत्येतत्कथितं सर्वं किमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि

Transliteration

ityetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi

Translation

وهكذا قد قيل كلُّ هذا؛ فماذا تريد أن تسأل بعدُ؟

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative/closure particle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कथितम्: told/said
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• अन्यत्: other
• अन्यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• परिपृच्छसि: do you ask (further)
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: परि

Speaker

Narrator/Teacher figure within the dialogue (contextual speaker concluding the account)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator pauses after completing the account, turning to the listener with a gentle, inviting gesture—‘What else do you ask?’

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is dialogical—revelation is offered fully, and the listener is invited to inquire further for clarity and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It closes the immediately preceding glorification of Vastrāpatha/Yavādhika tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a narrative transition inviting further questions.