Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

सिंधुद्वीप उवाच । जानाम्यहं युवां सम्यग्घे सृगालप्लवंगमौ

Transliteration

siṃdhudvīpa uvāca | jānāmyahaṃ yuvāṃ samyagghe sṛgālaplavaṃgamau

Translation

Sindhudvīpa sprach: „Ich kenne euch beide wahrlich gut, o Schakal und Affe.“

Word by Word

• सिन्धुद्वीपः: Sindhudvīpa
• सिन्धुद्वीपः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sindhu + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect 3rd sg

• जानामि: I know
• जानामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Present Indicative 1st sg

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative Singular

• युवाम्: you two
• युवाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-द्विवचन-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Accusative Dual

• सम्यक्: well, correctly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); adverb ‘properly/fully’

• हे: O
• हे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात; vocative particle

• सृगालप्लवङ्गमौ: O jackal and monkey
• सृगालप्लवङ्गमौ: Sambodhana (Addressed entities/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛgāla + plavaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (सृगालः च प्लवङ्गमः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Nominative Dual (addressed pair)

Speaker

Sindhudvīpa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Monkey and jackal

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up moment: the sage begins his speech, directly addressing the jackal and monkey, asserting intimate knowledge of them—setting up a revelation of their past lives.

Characters & Entities

• Sindhudvīpa
• Sṛgāla
• Plavaṅgama (Vānara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A realized sage perceives beings beyond appearances, recalling karmic histories that shape present births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the narrative backdrop; the tīrtha prescription follows in subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.