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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तृप्तिर्न जायतेऽस्माकं त्वद्वचोमृतपायिनाम् । अतः शुश्रूषमाणानां भूयो ब्रूहि कथाः शुभाः

Transliteration

tṛptirna jāyate'smākaṃ tvadvacomṛtapāyinām | ataḥ śuśrūṣamāṇānāṃ bhūyo brūhi kathāḥ śubhāḥ

Translation

werden wir nicht satt, denn wir trinken den Nektar deiner Worte. Darum sprich für uns, die wir zu hören verlangen, erneut glückverheißende Erzählungen.

Word by Word
तृप्तिःsatisfaction
तृप्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
Formअव्यय (निषेध-निपात)
जायतेarises
जायते:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
अस्माकम्of us
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
त्वत्-वचः-अमृत-पायिनाम्of (those) who drink the nectar of your words
त्वत्-वचः-अमृत-पायिनाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + पायिन् (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘त्वद्वचः अमृतं पिबन्ति ये’
अतःtherefore
अतः:
Hetu (Reason marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (हेतौ/तस्मात्-अर्थे)
शुश्रूषमाणानाम्of us who are eager to listen/serve by listening
शुश्रूषमाणानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Rootशुश्रूष् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी-धातोः वर्तमानकाले ‘सेवमान’ अर्थे
भूयःagain, further
भूयः:
Kriya-vishesana (Repetition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), पुनरर्थक
ब्रूहिtell/speak
ब्रूहि:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
कथाःstories
कथाः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
शुभाःauspicious
शुभाः:
Karma (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (to कथाः)
Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (kathā-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages with serene yet eager expressions lean forward toward Sūta, hands in añjali; a metaphorical stream of nectar flows from his speech into their ears, symbolizing ‘vacanāmṛta’.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣis
S
Sūta

FAQs

Devotional listening to dharma-kathā is inexhaustibly sweet and spiritually sustaining, prompting continued inquiry and learning.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes śravaṇa (listening) as a sacred practice within the Setukhaṇḍa discourse.

A request for continued kathā—i.e., ongoing śravaṇa and instruction in auspicious teachings.

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