Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

यथाविशेषं ते वच्मि पूर्वोक्ते तत्र तत्र च । तन्मे शृणु महीपाल श्रद्दधानाय कथ्यते

Transliteration

yathāviśeṣaṃ te vacmi pūrvokte tatra tatra ca | tanme śṛṇu mahīpāla śraddadhānāya kathyate

Translation

Je te dirai les détails selon leurs distinctions, en chaque lieu comme il a été indiqué auparavant. Écoute donc, ô protecteur de la terre ; ceci est dit pour celui qui est plein de foi.

Word by Word

• यथा-विशेषम्: according to the distinctions
• यथा-विशेषम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्यय (adverbial) ‘विशेषानुसारम्’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वच्मि: I speak/tell
• वच्मि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• पूर्व-उक्ते: in the previously stated (context)
• पूर्व-उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘पूर्वं उक्ते’); सन्दर्भे ‘in what was previously said’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तत्र: there (in each case)
• तत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• महीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महीपालः = महीम् पालयति इति/महेः पालः)

• श्रद्दधानाय: to (one who is) faithful
• श्रद्दधानाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्दधान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकालिक), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; ‘to the faithful one’

• कथ्यते: is told
• कथ्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः ‘is being told’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-series (generic)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (māhīpāla)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king sits with folded hands before a narrator-sage; behind them a stylized sequence of different tīrthas appears like vignettes, indicating ‘each place has its own distinction’.

Characters & Entities

• Mahīpāla (king)
• Śraddhā (faith)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) is presented as the proper vessel for receiving tīrtha teachings and realizing their promised fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; it signals a forthcoming, place-by-place account of tīrtha distinctions in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is given here; it frames the instruction as a faithful hearing leading into detailed prescriptions.