Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णे वृषे चैव तु यत्फलम् । तदहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व धर्मनन्दन

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇe vṛṣe caiva tu yatphalam | tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva dharmanandana

Translation

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Die Frucht, die aus dem Freilassen eines Stieres erwächst, der mit allen glückverheißenden Merkmalen versehen ist—die will ich nun verkünden. Höre, o Sohn des Dharma.“

Word by Word

• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; Nominative singular; कर्मधारयः—श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णे: in (a bull) complete with all marks
• सर्वलक्षणसम्पूर्णे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (agreeing with वृषे); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—सर्वैः लक्षणैः सम्पूर्णः

• वृषे: in a bull
• वृषे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction (in caiva)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle (in caiva)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; adversative/emphatic particle

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun (with फलम्)

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (object of 'will tell')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 1st person pronoun, nominative singular

• सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि: will explain fully
• सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Future, 1st person singular

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञा), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; Imperative, 2nd person singular

• धर्मनन्दन: O son of Dharma
• धर्मनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—धर्मस्य नन्दनः

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmanandana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya begins formal instruction, gesturing toward an ideal, well-marked bull; Yudhiṣṭhira listens attentively; disciples note the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Dharma-nandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Vṛṣa
• Lakṣaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual efficacy is linked to both the rite and its proper qualification—here, the auspiciously marked bull—within a dharmic framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The explanation continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative, where offerings performed in sacred geography are especially magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vṛṣotsarga involving a ‘sarva-lakṣaṇa-sampūrṇa’ (fully auspicious) bull.