Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

निशम्य वचनं तेषां मुनीनां लोमशोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

niśamya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ munīnāṃ lomaśo'bravīt

Translation

Nachdem er die Worte jener Weisen vernommen hatte, erwiderte Lomaśa.

Word by Word

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि-√शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having heard)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचनम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• मुनीनाम्: of the sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचनम्

• लोमशः: Lomaśa
• लोमशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative) एकवचनम्

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past) परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person) एकवचनम्

Speaker

Lomaśa (narrative transition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: reader/audience; within scene: munis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The elder sage Lomaśa, having listened, begins to speak; the gathered munis lean in attentively in a quiet Himalayan hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent inquiry invites a proper response—Purāṇic wisdom unfolds through dialogue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this transition; it bridges the Kedārakhaṇḍa discussion into the next narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative connector indicating the start of Lomaśa’s reply.