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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । आग्नेयं वारुणं ब्राह्म्यं वायव्यं दिव्यमेव च । किमुक्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि परं कौतूहलं हि मे

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ brāhmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ divyameva ca | kimuktaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Das Āgneya-, das Vāruṇa-, das Brāhmya-, das Vāyavya- und auch das göttliche Bad—was wird darüber gelehrt? Ich möchte es hören, denn groß ist meine Neugier.“

Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person singular)
आग्नेयम्Agneya [bath]
आग्नेयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआग्नेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
वारुणम्Vāruṇa [bath]
वारुणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
ब्राह्म्यम्Brāhmya [bath]
ब्राह्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
वायव्यम्Vāyavya [bath]
वायव्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवायव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
दिव्यम्divine [bath]
दिव्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Interrogative pronoun, Accusative, Singular)
उक्तम्has been said
उक्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (PPP: 'said')
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
Formतुमुनन्त (Infinitive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable infinitive)
इच्छामिI wish/desire
इच्छामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, 1st person singular)
परम्great/utmost
परम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
कौतूहलम्curiosity
कौतूहलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
मेmy/of me
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)
Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, asks Mārkaṇḍeya about five kinds of baths; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual items suggest a teaching setting.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
Ā
Āgneya-snānā
V
Vāruṇa-snānā
B
Brāhmya-snānā
V
Vāyavya-snānā
D
Divya-snānā

FAQs

Dharma begins with inquiry—seeking precise teaching about rituals before adopting them.

The question arises within the Bhūtīśvara tīrtha discourse of the Revā-khaṇḍa.

A request for authoritative explanation of five snāna categories: Āgneya, Vāruṇa, Brāhmya, Vāyavya, and Divya.

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