Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
क्व यास्यति वरारोहा सर्वं मे कथ्यतां जनाः
Transliteration
kva yāsyati varārohā sarvaṃ me kathyatāṃ janāḥ
Translation
«Où se rend cette noble jeune fille ? Dites-moi tout, ô gens», dit-il.
Word by Word
क्वwhere
क्व:
Adhikarana (location queried/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रश्नवाचक-देश) = interrogative adverb ‘where’
यास्यतिwill go
यास्यति:
Kriya (action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वरारोहाthe fair-limbed/beautiful woman
वरारोहा:
Karta (subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवर + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमासः ‘वरा (श्रेष्ठा) आरोहा (आरोहणशील/आरोहिणी)’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
मेto me; for me
मे:
Sampradana (to me/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘मम’ (enclitic)
कथ्यताम्let (it) be told
कथ्यताम्:
Kriya (injunction/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive) ‘let it be told’
जनाःO people
जनाः:
Sambodhana (address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (vocative sense)
Speaker
Ṛcīka (within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The speaker, still intent, asks the crowd where the noble maiden is headed; the crowd leans in, ready to explain her route and purpose.
Characters & Entities
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ṚcīkaFAQs
Purāṇic narratives often proceed through direct questioning—clarity about persons and intentions supports Dharma.
Still within the Kauśikī river tīrtha setting at Bhojakaṭa.
None.