Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवं कुमारः सम्भूतो ह्यनधीत्य स वेदवित् । शास्त्राण्यनेकानि वेद चचार विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

evaṃ kumāraḥ sambhūto hyanadhītya sa vedavit | śāstrāṇyanekāni veda cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

Ainsi se manifesta Kumāra; bien qu’il n’eût pas reçu d’enseignement formel, il était connaisseur du Veda. Il comprit de nombreux śāstras et entreprit une austérité immense.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• कुमारः: Kumāra
• कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सम्भूतः: born / arisen
• सम्भूतः: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धातु: भू (with उपसर्ग सम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अनधीत्य: without studying
• अनधीत्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त with नञ्-पूर्वपद (an-), धातु: अधि-इ (to study/learn); अर्थ: without studying

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वेदवित्: knower of the Veda
• वेदवित्: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वेदं वेत्ति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शास्त्राणि: treatises
• शास्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of शास्त्राणि)

• वेद: knew
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: विद् (to know)

• चचार: practised / performed
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: चर्

• विपुलम्: abundant / great
• विपुलम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of तपः)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Youthful Kumāra seated in meditation, radiant yet austere; scriptures (śāstra) symbolically present as palm-leaf manuscripts hovering or placed nearby; a forest hermitage backdrop with stillness and heat-haze of tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Veda
• Śāstra
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual authority rests on purity and tapas; divine wisdom can be innate, yet it is affirmed through disciplined austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse transitions from birth narrative to the dharmic life of tapas often associated with sacred landscapes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription by example: tapas (austerity) and scriptural grounding are upheld as dharmic foundations.