Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 124

Devanagari script

उवाच शबरो भार्यां यत्तच्छृणु नरेश्वर । पुराणं पठितं भद्रे ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः

Transliteration

uvāca śabaro bhāryāṃ yattacchṛṇu nareśvara | purāṇaṃ paṭhitaṃ bhadre brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ

Translation

Der Śabara sprach zu seiner Frau: „Höre dies, o Herr der Menschen. O Glückverheißende, ein Purāṇa wurde von Brāhmaṇas vorgetragen, die die Veden vollkommen beherrschen.“

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शबरः: the Śabara (tribal man)
• शबरः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भार्याम्: to (his) wife
• भार्याम्: कर्म (Object/recipient addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यत्: what
• यत्: कर्म (Object of hearing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सन्धिविग्रहः: यत् + तत् + शृणु

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Correlative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य अन्वय-सम्बन्धी

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men/king
• नरेश्वर: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् ईश्वरः)

• पुराणम्: Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र ‘पठितम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म (Acc.)

• पठितम्: recited/read
• पठितम्: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पठ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• भद्रे: O good lady/dear one
• भद्रे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; स्नेहसम्बोधन

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: कर्ता (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वेदपारगैः: versed in the Vedas
• वेदपारगैः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद + पारग (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वेदेषु पारगाः)

Speaker

Śabara (a forester) (explicit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa satsanga-sthala (unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: His wife (addressed as bhadre)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-dwelling Śabara addressing his wife; nearby, a group of Brāhmaṇas recite a Purāṇa with palm-leaf texts; listeners sit respectfully in a semicircle.

Characters & Entities

• Śabara
• Bhāryā (wife)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Vedas
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing Purāṇic teaching from learned Brāhmaṇas is presented as an authoritative means to understand dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding section is the Revā Khaṇḍa, connected to the sanctity of the Revā/Narmadā sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa/paṭhana context is implied: Purāṇa recitation by Veda-versed Brāhmaṇas.