Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं कथय मे ऋषिभिः सहितस्य वै । अस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं माण्डव्यस्य कुतूहलात्

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ kathaya me ṛṣibhiḥ sahitasya vai | asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ māṇḍavyasya kutūhalāt

Translation

ঋষিসকলৰ সঙ্গত বহি থকা মোৰ আগত এই সকলো কথা সম্পূৰ্ণকৈ কওক, নিশ্চয়। মাণ্ডব্য বিষয়ে আৰু এই পবিত্ৰ তীৰ্থৰ মাহাত্ম্য বিষয়ে মোৰ কৌতূহল আছে।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वम्-विशेषण

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• कथय: tell; narrate
• कथय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-एकवचन (Dat./Gen. singular); अत्र चतुर्थी (to me)

• ऋषिभिः: with sages
• ऋषिभिः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• सहितस्य: of (me) accompanied
• सहितस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; मे-सम्बन्ध (of me who is accompanied)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तीर्थस्य-सम्बद्ध

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness; glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• माण्डव्यस्य: of Māṇḍavya
• माण्डव्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• कुतूहलात्: out of curiosity
• कुतूहलात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Māṇḍavya
• Ṛṣi
• Tīrtha-māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful inquiry into tīrtha-māhātmya, in the presence of sages, is itself a dhārmic approach to learning sacred history and practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha associated with Māṇḍavya (and earlier, Nārāyaṇa), whose māhātmya Yudhiṣṭhira requests.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual here; it initiates the māhātmya narration that typically culminates in prescriptions like snāna, dāna, and worship.