Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सूत धर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञ स्वागतं मुनिपुंगव । श्रुतवांस्त्वं पुराणानि व्यासात्सत्यवतीसुतात्

Transliteration

sūta dharmārthatattvajña svāgataṃ munipuṃgava | śrutavāṃstvaṃ purāṇāni vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt

Translation

Ô Sūta, connaisseur des principes véritables du dharma et de l’artha, sois le bienvenu, le plus éminent des sages. Tu as entendu les Purāṇa de Vyāsa, fils de Satyavatī.

Word by Word

• सूत: O Sūta
• सूत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञ: knower of the truth of dharma and artha
• धर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘धर्मार्थतत्त्वं जानाति’

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular (आशीर्वाद/अभिनन्दनार्थे)

• मुनिपुंगव: O best of sages
• मुनिपुंगव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṅgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘मुनिषु पुंगवः’

• श्रुतवान्: (you) have heard/learned
• श्रुतवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktavatu (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्तवतु), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Past active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘श्रुतवान्’ = having heard/learned

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• पुराणानि: the Purāṇas
• पुराणानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• व्यासात्: from Vyāsa
• व्यासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• सत्यवतीसुतात्: from the son of Satyavatī (Vyāsa)
• सत्यवतीसुतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satyavatī (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular; समासः (तत्पुरुष) ‘सत्यवत्याः सुतः’

Speaker

Sages of Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (Ugraśravas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a forest hermitage circle at Naimiṣa, sages welcome Sūta with reverent gestures; palm-leaf manuscripts and a yajña-kuṇḍa suggest the authority of Vyāsa’s transmission.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Vyāsa
• Satyavatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic wisdom is authenticated through guru-paramparā—learning dharma from a realized teacher like Vyāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it sets the authority of Sūta before the Setu/Rāmeśvara Māhātmya begins.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is a formal welcome and credentialing of the narrator.