Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

एवं वः कथितं विप्रास्तस्य तीर्थस्य वैभवम् । वेतालवरदाभिख्या यथा चास्य समागता

Transliteration

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāstasya tīrthasya vaibhavam | vetālavaradābhikhyā yathā cāsya samāgatā

Translation

So, o Brāhmaṇas, ist euch die Größe jener heiligen Furt verkündet worden, und auch, wie sie den Namen «Vētālavarada» erhielt.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• वः: of you / to you (contextual)
• वः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) बहुवचन (genitive)

• कथितम्: told / narrated
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कृतप्रत्यय: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'has been told'

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/प्रथमा बहुवचन (vocative/nominative plural)

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन

• वैभवम्: greatness, glory
• वैभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया) एकवचन

• वेतालवरदाभिख्याः: (those) named Vetālavarada
• वेतालवरदाभिख्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेतालवरद-अभिख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेतालवरदस्य अभिख्या = 'named Vetālavarada'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• यथा: as / how
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (conj./adverb: 'as, how')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अस्य: of this / of it
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन

• समागताः: assembled / came together
• समागताः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृतप्रत्यय: क्त (past active participle in sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; 'having come/assembled'

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa narrative frame; explicit in next adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vētālavarada

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses seated brāhmaṇas in an āśrama setting, concluding the account of a coastal tīrtha’s greatness; palm-leaf manuscripts and ritual vessels nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)
• Vētālavarada Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering and transmitting the glory of tīrthas preserves dharma and guides pilgrims toward merit-bearing practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vētālavarada Tīrtha, whose vaibhava (glory) and name-origin are being summarized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; the verse concludes a description of the tīrtha’s greatness and its famed name.