Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

सर्वं कीर्तय वृत्तांतमद्यारण्यसमुद्भवम् । येन मे जायते स्वास्थ्यं श्रुत्वा मातस्तवास्यतः

Transliteration

sarvaṃ kīrtaya vṛttāṃtamadyāraṇyasamudbhavam | yena me jāyate svāsthyaṃ śrutvā mātastavāsyataḥ

Translation

„Berichte mir den ganzen Hergang dessen, was heute im Wald geschah, o Mutter; es aus deinem eigenen Mund zu hören, wird mir Frieden und Wohlergehen zurückgeben.“

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कीर्तय: tell; recount
• कीर्तय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु; नामधातु from कीर्ति)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• वृत्तान्तम्: account; narrative
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• अरण्य: of the forest
• अरण्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग (समुद्भवम् इत्यस्य)

• समुद्भवम्: arisen/originating
• समुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) → समुद्भव (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (arisen/originated)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जायते: arises; is produced
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्वास्थ्यम्: health; well-being
• स्वास्थ्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वास्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• मातः: O mother
• मातः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आस्यतः: from (your) mouth
• आस्यतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vatsa (the son/child)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandinī (mother)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The son, now calm yet urgent, folds attention toward his mother and asks for the full forest incident, believing her spoken account will restore his well-being.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• son (vatsa)
• forest (mahāraṇya/āraṇya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful narration and hearing dharmic events can steady the mind and restore inner balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is the forest incident within the chapter’s māhātmya; no named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.