Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं शंखतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ किं भूयः श्रोतुमि च्छसि

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śaṃkhatīrthasamudbhavam | māhātmyaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumi cchasi

Translation

Tout cela t’a été exposé — la grandeur qui émane de Śaṃkhatīrtha. Ô le meilleur des rois, que désires-tu entendre encore ?

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; etat इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ākhyātam: told/explained
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + √khyā (धातु) → ākhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been told)

• śaṃkha-tīrtha-samudbhavam: arising from Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• śaṃkha-tīrtha-samudbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃkha (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (सम् + उद् + √bhū/√bhav, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्बन्ध: śaṃkhatīrthāt samudbhavam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; māhātmyam इति विशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: the glory (account)
• māhātmyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-समास (pārthivānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ / pārthivaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• kim: what?
• kim: Karman (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• bhūyaḥ: further/again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक/अधिकवाचक (again/further)

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), श्रवणार्थे (to hear)

• icchasi: do you wish
• icchasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthivaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a seated king in a forest-āśrama or courtly setting, concluding the Śaṃkhatīrtha account; manuscripts or palm leaves may be present, indicating transmission of sacred geography lore.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃkhatīrtha
• Ānarta (king, implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya literature transmits sacred geography through dialogue, inviting continued inquiry into dharma and tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkhatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition and invitation to further questions.