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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । धर्मारण्यकथां पुण्यां श्रुत्वा तृप्तिर्न मे विभो । यदायदा कथयसि तदा प्रोत्सहते मनः । अतः परं किमभवत्परं कौतूहलं हि मे

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | dharmāraṇyakathāṃ puṇyāṃ śrutvā tṛptirna me vibho | yadāyadā kathayasi tadā protsahate manaḥ | ataḥ paraṃ kimabhavatparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: O mighty one, even after hearing the sacred account of Dharmāraṇya, I am not satisfied. Each time you narrate it, my mind grows ever more eager. Therefore, what happened after that? Great indeed is my curiosity.

Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
धर्मारण्यकथाम्the story of Dharmāraṇya
धर्मारण्यकथाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मारण्य-कथा (प्रातिपदिक; धर्मारण्य + कथा)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
पुण्याम्holy, meritorious
पुण्याम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying) धर्मारण्यकथाम्
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)
तृप्तिःsatisfaction
तृप्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
मेmy
मे:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
विभोO Lord
विभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
यदाwhenever
यदा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
यदाwhenever
यदा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formपुनरुक्त-कालवाचक-अव्यय (reduplicated temporal adverb)
कथयसिyou narrate
कथयसि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Time adjunct)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (then)
प्रोत्सहतेbecomes eager, is encouraged
प्रोत्सहते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत्सह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
अतःtherefore
अतः:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतः (अव्यय)
Formहेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/from this)
परम्further, next
परम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (adverbial use: 'further/next')
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)
अभवत्happened, occurred
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
परम्further
परम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग (adverbial: 'further/next')
कौतूहलम्curiosity
कौतूहलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Emphasis/निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)
मेmy
मे:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa (addressed as 'vibho')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal sage (Yudhiṣṭhira) seated respectfully, hands joined, leaning forward with bright curiosity as he asks the next episode of the Dharmāraṇya account; a calm āśrama setting with palm-leaf manuscripts and a seated Vyāsa nearby.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
Dharmāraṇya

FAQs

Holy narratives (māhātmya-kathā) intensify devotion and spiritual longing; true hearing increases yearning rather than mere satiety.

Dharmāraṇya, presented as a sacred forest whose māhātmya is worth repeated hearing.

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the implied practice is śravaṇa (devout listening) to the māhātmya.

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