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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । शृणु सूत प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां कलशजन्मनः । यामाकर्ण्य नरो भूयाद्विरजा ज्ञानभाजनम्

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | śṛṇu sūta pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ kalaśajanmanaḥ | yāmākarṇya naro bhūyādvirajā jñānabhājanam

Translation

Vyāsa said: Listen, O Sūta. I shall relate the story of the one born from the water-pot (Agastya). Hearing it, a person becomes stainless and fit to receive true knowledge.

Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्, धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
śṛṇulisten
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु, धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
sūtaO Sūta
sūta:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
pravakṣyāmiI shall tell
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (वच्, धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
kathāmstory
kathām:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkathā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
kalaśa-janmanaḥof the pot-born (Agastya)
kalaśa-janmanaḥ:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkalaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kalaśasya janma = whose birth is from a pot)
yāmwhich (story)
yām:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)
ākarṇyahaving heard
ākarṇya:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√karṇ (कर्ण्/श्रवणार्थे, धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having heard)
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
bhūyātwould become
bhūyāt:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू, धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
virajāfree from impurity
virajā:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-rajas (रजस्, प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (rajas-rahita)
jñāna-bhājanama vessel of knowledge
jñāna-bhājanam:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (jñānasya bhājanam = receptacle of knowledge)
Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Frame dialogue: Vyāsa addresses Sūta, announcing the Agastya story; a hermitage setting with manuscripts, kusa grass seats, and attentive assembly.

Characters & Entities
V
Vyāsa
S
Sūta
A
Agastya (Kalaśajanman)

FAQs

Purāṇic listening (kathā-śravaṇa) purifies the listener and prepares the mind as a vessel for liberating knowledge.

The immediate site is not named in this verse; it introduces a Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative that unfolds within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.

The implied sādhana is attentive listening to the kathā; no dāna, snāna, or vrata is specified here.

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