Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं भविष्यं पांडवा मया । भवतां चित्तनिर्वृत्यै श्रूयतां भूय एव च

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pāṃḍavā mayā | bhavatāṃ cittanirvṛtyai śrūyatāṃ bhūya eva ca

Translation

So, o Pāṇḍavas, habe ich euch kurz dargelegt, was noch kommen wird. Zum Frieden und zur Zufriedenheit eurer Herzen hört nun nochmals weiter zu.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थं ‘said/told’

• भविष्यम्: the future
• भविष्यम्: Karma (Content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘future (events)’

• पाण्डवाः: O Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, बहुवचन (vocative plural)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-करण (by me)

• भवताम्: of you / your
• भवताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (your)

• चित्तनिर्वृत्यै: for the satisfaction of (your) minds
• चित्तनिर्वृत्यै: Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चित्तस्य निर्वृतिः)

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग/आज्ञार्थे, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be heard’

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Devī (Goddess)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teaching scene: Skanda (or the narrator-sage) seated, addressing the Pāṇḍavas; gestures indicate ‘briefly said’ and ‘listen further’, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a sacred grove setting.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration is itself a dharmic support—heard with faith, it steadies the mind and restores inner clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as a spiritual practice, though no formal rite is detailed.