Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । एकांतरामनाथाख्या तस्य क्षेत्रस्य वै मुने

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | ekāṃtarāmanāthākhyā tasya kṣetrasya vai mune

Translation

ঋষিসকলে ক’লে: “হে মুনে, সেই ক্ষেত্ৰৰ অন্তৰ্গত ‘একান্তৰামনাথ’ নামে এক স্থান আছে—”

Word by Word

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘sages’

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘said’

• ekāntarāmanāthākhyā: named Ekāntarāmanātha
• ekāntarāmanāthākhyā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekānta (प्रातिपदिक) + rāmanātha (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘-ākhyā’ = ‘named/called’; विशेषण (implied: [kṣetrā/puṇyabhūmiḥ])

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of that/its’

• kṣetrasya: of the sacred region
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the field/holy region’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis/indeed

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन — ‘O sage’

Speaker

Ṛṣis (the assembled sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekāntarāmanātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of sages raises a new question, naming Ekāntarāmanātha as a notable place within the kṣetra; the scene is a quiet scholarly assembly poised for a sthala-purāṇa revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Ekāntarāmanātha
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching often proceeds by inquiry: sages identify a sacred site and request its origin and greatness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ekāntarāmanātha, introduced as a named sacred spot within the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this line; it functions as a site-identification within the dialogue.