Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मायापुरीश्रिता ये च ये च कान्तीनिवासिनः । एते चान्ये च मुनयः सशिष्या बहवोऽमलाः

Transliteration

māyāpurīśritā ye ca ye ca kāntīnivāsinaḥ | ete cānye ca munayaḥ saśiṣyā bahavo'malāḥ

Translation

মায়াপুরীতে আশ্রিত এবং কান্তীতে নিবাসী—এরা ও আরও বহু নির্মল মুনি শিষ্যসহ সেখানে উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

Word by Word

• मायापुरीश्रिताः: residing in Māyāpurī
• मायापुरीश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायापुरी-श्रित (प्रातिपदिक; श्रित < √śri (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ये: who (those)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• कान्तीनिवासिनः: residents of Kāntī
• कान्तीनिवासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ती-निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक; निवासिन् < √vas (धातु) णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सशिष्याः: together with disciples
• सशिष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक; शिष्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (with pupils)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• अमलाः: pure/spotless
• अमलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (assembly-description context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māyāpurī; Kāntī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Stainless sages with their disciples arrive in orderly groups, carrying manuscripts and waterpots; the scene highlights teacher-disciple lines converging like tributaries into a single river of tradition.

Characters & Entities

• Māyāpurī
• Kāntī
• Munis (sages)
• Śiṣyas (disciples)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity of mind and disciplined lineage (sages with disciples) are highlighted as the proper vessel for receiving a māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Māyāpurī and Kāntī are referenced as recognized sacred residences of sages within the Purāṇic sacred map.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the presence of many pure sages with their disciples.