Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि द्विजोत्तमाः । विश्वामित्रेश माहात्म्यं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottamāḥ | viśvāmitreśa māhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

Translation

O Beste unter den Zweimalgeborenen (Dvija), ich habe euch vollständig alles berichtet, wonach ihr fragtet: die Größe Viśvāmitreśas, die jede Sünde vernichtet.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• वः: to you/for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (genitive/dative plural enclitic)

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc sg)

• आख्यातम्: has been narrated
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (told/declared)

• यत्: since/that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle introducing clause)

• पृष्टः: (I) having been asked
• पृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate-part/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (having been asked)

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन (present, 1st person singular)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, बहुवचन (masculine vocative plural)

• विश्वामित्रेश: O Viśvāmitreśa
• विश्वामित्रेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पातक + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'māhātmyam')

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative frame in Tīrthamāhātmya dialogues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitreśa / Viśvāmitreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-uttamāḥ (sages/brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the account before an assembly of brāhmaṇas; behind them, the emblematic presence of Viśvāmitreśvara liṅga signifies sin-destruction.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitreśa
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing and internalizing a tīrtha/deity māhātmya is presented as spiritually transformative and capable of destroying sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Viśvāmitreśa/Viśvāmitreśvara sacred complex within the Śrīhāṭakevara-kṣetra māhātmya setting of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it serves as a concluding statement emphasizing the merit of the narrated māhātmya.