Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं समालोक्य मुनयेऽसौ न्यवेदयत् । ततः पराशरमुनिर्जलमादाय तीर्थतः

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ samālokya munaye'sau nyavedayat | tataḥ parāśaramunirjalamādāya tīrthataḥ

Translation

Voyant tout cela, il en fit part au sage. Alors le sage Parāśara prit de l’eau du tīrtha.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular) — विशेषणम्

• समालोक्य: having observed
• समालोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having seen/observed’

• मुनये: to the sage
• मुनये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• असौ: he (that person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/असौ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• न्यवेदयत्: informed, reported
• न्यवेदयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √विद् (धातु, ‘to inform/know’)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person singular)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/अनन्तरार्थे अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘then/thereupon/from that’)

• पराशर: Parāśara
• पराशर: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपदम् (proper name)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); तत्पुरुषसमासः (पराशर-मुनिः = ‘sage Parāśara’)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund) — ‘having taken’

• तीर्थतः: from the tīrtha
• तीर्थतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A witness, awed by the manifested gifts, turns toward Parāśara and speaks; Parāśara calmly kneels at the tīrtha, cupping water in his hands or a vessel, preparing for a rite.

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy water drawn from a tīrtha is treated as a fit medium for sanctifying royal and dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-khaṇḍa tīrtha from which Parāśara draws water, underscoring the Setu region’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparation for consecration: taking tīrtha-water for a forthcoming rite (abhiṣeka implied by context).