Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एकविज्ञापनार्थाय आगतोऽहं तवांतिके । तदहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि तदेतच्छृणु मे वचः

Transliteration

ekavijñāpanārthāya āgato'haṃ tavāṃtike | tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi tadetacchṛṇu me vacaḥ

Translation

„Ich bin zu dir gekommen, um eine einzige Bitte vorzutragen. Ich werde sie vollständig darlegen—höre meine Worte.“

Word by Word

• एक: one
• एक: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग/विशेषण; समासपूर्वपद (one)

• विज्ञापनार्थाय: for the purpose of a request/information
• विज्ञापनार्थाय: Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāpana + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; ‘विज्ञापनस्य अर्थः’ (for the purpose of informing)

• आगतः: has come
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्तिके: near, in the presence
• अन्तिके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अनुवादक (that)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: will explain fully
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र- वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अनुवादक

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• वचः: words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā steps closer to Viṣṇu, declaring he has come for one request and asking him to listen; the assembly leans in, anticipating revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred aims are pursued through humble petition and attentive listening in divine counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya and its ‘uttama tīrtha’ are being introduced as the focus of the request.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is the formal preface to a request about a tīrtha.