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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । अथातः सर्वतीर्थानां वैभवं प्रवदाम्यहम् । सेतुमध्यनिविष्टानामनुक्तानां मुनीश्वराः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | athātaḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ vaibhavaṃ pravadāmyaham | setumadhyaniviṣṭānāmanuktānāṃ munīśvarāḥ

Translation

Śrī Sūta dit : À présent, ô seigneurs parmi les sages, je vais proclamer la gloire de tous les tīrtha, les gués sacrés établis au milieu du Setu, qui n’ont pas encore été décrits.

Word by Word
श्रीसूतःŚrī Sūta
श्रीसूतः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of उवाच)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास ‘venerable Sūta’
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अथthen, now
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक (then/now)
अतःtherefore, hence
अतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, हेत्वर्थे/तस्मात्-अर्थे (therefore/from this)
सर्वतीर्थानाम्of all sacred fords/pilgrimage places
सर्वतीर्थानाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘all tīrthas’
वैभवम्glory, greatness
वैभवम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of प्रवदामि)
TypeNoun
Rootvaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्रवदामिI declare, I describe
प्रवदामि:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + vad (वद् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of प्रवदामि)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सेतुमध्यनिविष्टानाम्of those located in the middle of Setu
सेतुमध्यनिविष्टानाम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of अनुक्तानाम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootsetu (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + niviṣṭa (नि+विश् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य-बहुवचन-षष्ठी), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘of those situated in the middle of the bridge’
अनुक्तानाम्of the undescribed (ones)
अनुक्तानाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध; dependent on implied ‘vaibhavam’)
TypeAdjective
Rootanukta (न + उक्/वच् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्तान्त विशेषण ‘unsaid/undescribed’
मुनीश्वराःO best of sages
मुनीश्वराः:
Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ; vocative sense though nominative form used)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘lords among sages’
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-madhya tīrtha-samūha (cluster)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munīśvaras (assembled sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated in a forest-āśrama or yajña-sabhā, addressing assembled sages; behind him a symbolic map-like vista of Setu with multiple tīrtha markers.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
M
Munis (sages)
S
Setu (sacred region)

FAQs

The Purāṇa frames pilgrimage as a mapped sacred geography—knowing and honoring tīrthas is itself a dharmic pursuit.

The Setu region broadly, especially the tīrthas ‘in the midst of the Setu’ that will be enumerated.

No single rite is prescribed here; it introduces a section detailing tīrtha-glories (typically implying snāna, darśana, and related observances).

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