Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

गीयमाने कुलपतेः शौनकस्य मुनेः पुरः । सूतेन मुनिना ख्यातमन्येषामपि शृण्वताम्

Transliteration

gīyamāne kulapateḥ śaunakasya muneḥ puraḥ | sūtena muninā khyātamanyeṣāmapi śṛṇvatām

Translation

Tandis qu’on le chantait devant Śaunaka, patriarche des sages, le muni Sūta le proclamait, tandis que d’autres encore écoutaient.

Word by Word

• गीयमाने: while (it was) being sung
• गीयमाने: Sati-saptamī (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः; शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; सति-सप्तमी (Locative absolute: 'while being sung')

• कुलपतेः: of the clan-lord (chief)
• कुलपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• शौनकस्य: of Śaunaka
• शौनकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• पुरः: in the presence of
• पुरः: Adhikaraṇa (Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपपद-योगे देशवाचक (preposition/adverb: 'in front of')

• सूतेन: by Sūta
• सूतेन: Karta (Agent expressed instrumentally)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण/कर्तृ), एकवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: Karta (Agent expressed instrumentally)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सूतेन इति विशेषण-सामानाधिकरण्ये (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• ख्यातम्: was made known / narrated
• ख्यातम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• अन्येषाम्: of others / to others
• अन्येषाम्: Sampradāna/Sambandha (To/for others; genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avadhāraṇa/Samuccaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्ययम् (particle: 'also/even')

• शृण्वताम्: of (those) listening
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले (present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्; जनसम्बन्धे (Masculine, Genitive, Plural: 'of those listening')

Speaker

Sūta (self-referential narration; performance context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta sits as reciter with palm-leaf manuscript or gesture of narration; Śaunaka presides; rows of sages listen in silence under forest canopy, indicating a living oral tradition.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Śaunaka
• Sages (listeners)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is preserved and empowered through communal listening and faithful recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Naimiṣāraṇya is implied through Śaunaka’s assembly context, framing the narration of Dharmāraṇya’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) and gāyana/paṭhana (recitation) are implied as meritorious practices.