Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । अस्य वा बोधने देवा गुणभंगे समाधिषु । एतदाश्चर्यं विप्रर्षे सत्यं सत्यवतीसुत

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | asya vā bodhane devā guṇabhaṃge samādhiṣu | etadāścaryaṃ viprarṣe satyaṃ satyavatīsuta

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dit : « Ô meilleur des sages, fils de Satyavatī, est-ce vraiment ainsi — cet événement merveilleux — que les dieux furent impliqués dans son éveil et dans la rupture de la corde de l'arc durant l'état de transe ? »

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अस्य: of this/ of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or/indeed
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: 'or/indeed')

• बोधने: in (the act of) awakening/understanding
• बोधने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गुणभङ्गे: in the breaking of the bowstring
• गुणभङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण-भङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; गुण + भङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाधिषु: in trances/absorptions
• समाधिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder
• आश्चर्यम्: Pradhana (Predicate nominal/प्राधान्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; विप्र + ऋषि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सत्यम्: true/truth
• सत्यम्: Pradhana (Predicate/प्राधान्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• सत्यवतीसुत: O son of Satyavatī (Vyāsa)
• सत्यवतीसुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती-सुत (प्रातिपदिक; सत्यवती + सुत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal inquirer (Yudhiṣṭhira) respectfully questions sage Vyāsa (Satyavatī’s son) about a miraculous incident involving the gods, awakening, and a bowstring breaking during a trance-like state.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vyāsa (Satyavatī-suta)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even astonishing events should be tested through truthful inquiry and received from qualified sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative-dialogic within Dharmāraṇya; no single tīrtha is explicitly praised in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated; the verse focuses on inquiry about a miraculous occurrence.