Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणः सन्निधौ यञ्च श्रुतं व्यासमुखेरितम् । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि मानुषाणां हिताय वै

Transliteration

brahmaṇaḥ sannidhau yañca śrutaṃ vyāsamukheritam | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai

Translation

«Tout ce qui fut entendu en présence de Brahmā, prononcé de la bouche de Vyāsa, je le raconterai entièrement, en vérité, pour le bien des hommes.»

Word by Word

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of Brahmā/Brahman’ (context: Brahmā)

• sannidhau: in (his) presence
• sannidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative—‘in the presence’

• yat: which, what
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun object

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru (धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘heard’ qualifying yat

• vyāsa-mukha-īritam: spoken by Vyāsa (from his mouth)
• vyāsa-mukha-īritam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + īrita (√īr, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘uttered from Vyāsa’s mouth’

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; agrees with tat

• kathayiṣyāmi: I will narrate
• kathayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु, causative stem kathaya-)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative usage—‘I will narrate/tell’

• mānuṣāṇām: of human beings
• mānuṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; genitive—‘of humans’

• hitāya: for (their) welfare
• hitāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; dative—‘for the welfare’

• vai: indeed, surely
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Sūta (narratorial vow)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Manuṣyāḥ (humanity) via the immediate audience of sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada addresses the gathered listeners, declaring he will recount what Vyāsa spoke in Brahmā’s presence for the good of humankind.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vyāsa
• Humankind (mānuṣāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration is undertaken as lokahita (universal welfare), grounded in authoritative hearing and faithful retelling.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it frames the Dharmāraṇya material as beneficial instruction for all people.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of intention to narrate.