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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । भगवन्सूतसर्वज्ञ कृष्णद्वैपायनप्रिय । त्वन्मुखाद्वै कथाः श्रुत्वा श्रोत्रकामृतवर्षिणीः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | bhagavansūtasarvajña kṛṣṇadvaipāyanapriya | tvanmukhādvai kathāḥ śrutvā śrotrakāmṛtavarṣiṇīḥ

Translation

Les sages dirent : Ô Sūta bienheureux, omniscient et cher à Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) ! Ayant entendu de ta bouche ces récits qui versent du nectar dans les oreilles,

Word by Word
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
भगवन्O venerable one
भगवन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
सूत-सर्वज्ञO all-knowing Sūta
सूत-सर्वज्ञ:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘सूतः (त्वं) सर्वज्ञः’
कृष्ण-द्वैपायन-प्रियO beloved of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
कृष्ण-द्वैपायन-प्रिय:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णद्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य प्रियः’
त्वत्-मुखात्from your mouth
त्वत्-मुखात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘त्वत् मुखात्’
वैindeed
वै:
Discourse particle (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (निपात)
Formअव्यय (निपात), अवधारणार्थ
कथाःstories, discourses
कथाः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया
श्रोत्र-क-अमृत-वर्षिणीःpouring nectar into the ears
श्रोत्र-क-अमृत-वर्षिणीः:
Karma (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘श्रोत्रेषु कामृतं वर्षयन्तीः’ (ear-nectar-raining) विशेषणम् (to कथाः)
Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Forest hermitage at Naimiṣa: sages seated on kusa mats around Sūta, who is honored as all-knowing and dear to Vyāsa; the air is depicted as raining ‘nectar’ through sound-waves.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛṣis
S
Sūta
K
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

FAQs

Purāṇic wisdom is received through a sacred lineage of narration; hearing dharma-kathā with reverence is itself nourishing and meritorious.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the narrative frame for continuing the Setu Māhātmya discourse.

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) to sacred narratives from an authorized narrator (Sūta).

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