Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं यत्पृष्ठे हि त्वयानघ । माहात्म्यं पिप्पलादस्य तीर्थस्योत्पत्तिरेव च

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭhe hi tvayānagha | māhātmyaṃ pippalādasya tīrthasyotpattireva ca

Translation

All dies ist dargelegt worden, o Schuldloser, genau wie du gefragt hast: die Größe Pippalādas und der eigentliche Ursprung dieses Tīrtha.

Word by Word

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

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (all/entire)

• समाख्यातम्: has been narrated
• समाख्यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘समाख्यात’ = narrated/declared

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which/that)

• पृष्ठे: in response (to the question) / in (your) query
• पृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/causal nuance

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by you)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विषय/कर्म (topic/object)

• पिप्पलादस्य: of Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

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

• उत्पत्तिः: the origin
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्-पद् (धातु) + क्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject-noun: origin)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: just/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (responding to a questioner addressed as Anagha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippalāda-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and/or royal interlocutor addressed as anagha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes the narration of Pippalāda-tīrtha’s greatness and its origin to a respectful questioner; calm forest-hermitage ambience with a river hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Tīrtha
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering a tīrtha’s origin and its saintly exemplars is itself part of receiving the place’s dharmic teaching and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pippalāda-associated tīrtha of the Revā Khaṇḍa, whose origin (utpatti) and glory (māhātmya) have been narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it marks the completion of the māhātmya narration.