Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

वैभवं तस्य तीर्थस्य शंकरो वेत्ति वा न वा । यत्र धर्मसखोनाम राजा केकयवंशजः

Transliteration

vaibhavaṃ tasya tīrthasya śaṃkaro vetti vā na vā | yatra dharmasakhonāma rājā kekayavaṃśajaḥ

Translation

Que Śaṅkara connaisse pleinement ou non la grandeur de ce tīrtha, là se trouvait un roi nommé Dharmasakha, issu de la lignée des Kekaya.

Word by Word

• vaibhavam: splendour, greatness
• vaibhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• tīrthasya: of the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• vetti: knows
• vetti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

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

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• dharmasakhaḥ: Dharma-sakha (friend of Dharma)
• dharmasakhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + sakha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य सखा)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (Apposition marker/नाम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक-अव्यय (indeclinable used to indicate 'named')

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kekayavaṃśajaḥ: born in the Kekaya lineage
• kekayavaṃśajaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kekaya (प्रातिपदिक) + vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (केकय-वंशस्य जातः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; later explicitly Sūta in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmatkuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator evokes the unfathomable grandeur of a sacred ford; in the background a radiant kuṇḍa with Hanumān’s presence is suggested, while a Kekaya king approaches with retinue, framed by an aura of Śaṅkara’s ineffable knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Dharmasakha
• Kekaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The greatness of a tīrtha can be portrayed as immeasurable, and is illustrated through exemplary pilgrim-kings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmatkuṇḍa Tīrtha (the ‘tīrtha’ whose vaibhava is being praised).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse introduces a narrative example connected to the tīrtha.