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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अर्जुन उवाच । यदुक्तं करुणासारैः सारं किं तदिहोच्यताम् । धर्मार्थी मनुजो यश्च न स वार्यो महात्मभिः

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | yaduktaṃ karuṇāsāraiḥ sāraṃ kiṃ tadihocyatām | dharmārthī manujo yaśca na sa vāryo mahātmabhiḥ

Translation

Arjuna dit : «Ce que vous avez énoncé —vous dont l’essence est compassion—, dites-m’en ici la véritable quintessence. Et l’homme qui recherche le Dharma ne doit pas être retenu par les âmes magnanimes.»

Word by Word
arjunaḥArjuna
arjunaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootarjuna (अर्जुन) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्) (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
yatthat which
yat:
Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (that which)
uktamsaid
uktam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्) (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said’
karuṇā-sāraiḥby compassionate (ones)
karuṇā-sāraiḥ:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkaruṇā (करुणा) + sāra (सार) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया—कर्तृकरणे (by those whose essence is compassion / by compassionate ones)
sāramthe essence
sāram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsāra (सार) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
kimwhat
kim:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (किम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (that)
ihahere
iha:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक अव्यय)
ucyatāmlet it be told
ucyatām:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच्) (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (let it be said/told)
dharma-arthīseeking dharma
dharma-arthī:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdharma (धर्म) + arthin (अर्थिन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (धर्मम् अर्थयते)
manujaḥa man
manujaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuja (मनुज) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (यद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (who)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (he)
vāryaḥto be restrained
vāryaḥ:
Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√vṛ (वृ) + ya (य) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formणिच्-निष्पन्न causative sense implied in lexeme ‘vārya’ (to be restrained); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (one who should be stopped)
mahātmabhiḥby great souls
mahātmabhiḥ:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (महात्मन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (by great-souled ones)
Speaker

Arjuna

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arjuna, palms joined then opening in inquiry, addresses the ascetics with respectful intensity; the ascetics’ faces soften, compassion visible, as the dialogue turns from warning to teaching.

Characters & Entities
A
Arjuna

FAQs

A sincere seeker of Dharma deserves encouragement and clear guidance toward the essence of righteous living.

This verse introduces the Dharma-focused dialogue that leads into a tīrtha narrative; the specific site emerges in the following verses (Saubhadra Tīrtha).

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it frames the ethic of supporting Dharma-seeking and sets up the pilgrimage context.

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