Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कथितं तन्मया सर्वं पृथग्भावेन भारत

Transliteration

kathitaṃ tanmayā sarvaṃ pṛthagbhāvena bhārata

Translation

Ô Bhārata, je t’ai tout rapporté entièrement, en le distinguant et en l’exposant selon l’ordre convenable.

Word by Word

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (that which has been told)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘कथितम्’ इत्यस्य विषयः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पृथग्भावेन: in a separate manner/in detail
• पृथग्भावेन: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथग्-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental: ‘separately/in detail’)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing dialogue in Revā-khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (address of the interlocutor; likely the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage concludes his ordered exposition to Bhārata; manuscripts, palm-leaf folios, or a symbolic ‘completed garland’ motif indicates the end of a section.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching should be received in an orderly, clearly distinguished way so that dharma and tīrtha-māhātmya are properly understood.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line functions as a narrative wrap-up; the specific tīrtha is not named in this verse itself (it belongs to the surrounding Revā-khaṇḍa context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is a concluding statement of narration.