Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

व्यासशिष्यं मुनिवरं सूतं वै रोमहर्षणम् । तं पप्रच्छुर्मुनिवरा भारद्वाजादयोऽमलाः

Transliteration

vyāsaśiṣyaṃ munivaraṃ sūtaṃ vai romaharṣaṇam | taṃ papracchurmunivarā bhāradvājādayo'malāḥ

Translation

Les sages sans tache—Bhāradvāja et les autres—interrogèrent Romaharṣaṇa, l’illustre Sūta, disciple de Vyāsa et le plus éminent parmi les voyants.

Word by Word

• व्यासशिष्यम्: Vyāsa's disciple
• व्यासशिष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास-शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक; व्यास + शिष्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्यासस्य शिष्यः)

• मुनिवरम्: the best sage
• मुनिवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-वर (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरः मुनिः)

• सूतम्: the sūta (bard/charioteer)
• सूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• रोमहर्षणम्: Romaharṣaṇa
• रोमहर्षणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमहर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पप्रच्छुः: asked
• पप्रच्छुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• मुनिवराः: the best sages
• मुनिवराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-वर (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः

• भारद्वाजादयः: Bhāradvāja and others
• भारद्वाजादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; भारद्वाज + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भारद्वाजः आदिः येषाम्)

• अमलाः: pure
• अमलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुनिवराः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā (contextual, forthcoming)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāradvāja and other munis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of venerable sages, led by Bhāradvāja, lean slightly forward in attentive inquiry; the sūta sits composed, hands resting on his knees, ready to respond.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Romaharṣaṇa (Lomaharṣaṇa)
• Bhāradvāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is approached through humility and inquiry—sages respectfully question an authorized transmitter in the Purāṇic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is the implied focus of the section, though this verse sets the narrative frame before the site’s glory is described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse establishes the teacher-student lineage and the setting for the forthcoming māhātmya.