Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

किंचिद्विज्ञापयष्यामो वयं त्वां श्रृणु तत्त्वतः । पूर्वप्रसिद्ध आचारः प्रोच्यते जयिनामयम्

Transliteration

kiṃcidvijñāpayaṣyāmo vayaṃ tvāṃ śrṛṇu tattvataḥ | pūrvaprasiddha ācāraḥ procyate jayināmayam

Translation

Wir möchten dir etwas vortragen — höre es der Wahrheit gemäß. Es ist eine alte, weithin bekannte Übung, verkündet für jene, die den Sieg erstreben.

Word by Word

• kiṃcit: something
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (something)

• vijñāpayiṣyāmaḥ: we shall inform/request
• vijñāpayiṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñap (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; personal pronoun

• tvām: you
• tvām: Sampradāna/Karma (Addressee/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; personal pronoun

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tattvataḥ: in truth; accurately
• tattvataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattvatas (अव्यय; from tattva)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: truly/in reality)

• pūrva-prasiddhaḥ: previously well-known
• pūrva-prasiddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + prasiddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; pra-√sidh 'सिध्' क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: पूर्वः च प्रसिद्धः च (previously well-known)

• ācāraḥ: practice; custom; rule of conduct
• ācāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• procyate: is proclaimed; is stated
• procyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• jayinām: of the victorious (ones)
• jayinām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; 'of the victors'

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject complement/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

Speaker

Surāḥ (the gods), addressing Guha (Skanda) (deduced from previous verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāreśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience (implied).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, still in añjali, speak earnestly to Skanda; the atmosphere shifts from pure reverence to counsel—an advisory moment about an ancient observance for victors.

Characters & Entities

• Surāḥ (gods)
• Guha (Skanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right conduct (ācāra) transmitted through tradition is a dharmic means to attain success and victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting remains the Kumāreśa installation locale; the verse shifts to introducing an ācāra rather than naming a new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An old, victory-giving ācāra/vow is introduced (details to follow in subsequent verses).