Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । एवमेतद्द्विजवरा युष्माकं कथितं मया

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | evametaddvijavarā yuṣmākaṃ kathitaṃ mayā

Translation

Śrī Sūta dit : «Ainsi, ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, je vous l’ai exposé.»

Word by Word

• श्री-सूतः: the venerable Sūta
• श्री-सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (honorific epithet), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद (parasmaipada)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom./acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• द्विज-वराः: O best Brahmins
• द्विज-वराः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (determinative: 'best of the twice-born'), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन विभक्ति (vocative), बहुवचन (plural)

• युष्माकम्: to you / of you
• युष्माकम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Karma (Predicative/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (nom./acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta-narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas (best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated in a forest hermitage assembly, addressing attentive dvijas; palm-leaf manuscripts, sacrificial fires, and a calm scholarly atmosphere signaling the end of a narrated episode.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Dvija-varāḥ (sages/brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is transmitted through an authorized narration lineage, stressing faithful listening and preservation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It closes a segment of the Kṣīrasara/Setu region māhātmya being narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition by the speaker.