Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सम्बन्धी च कथं जातो भृगुणा सह केशवः । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रह्मन् वक्तुमर्हसि भार्गव

Transliteration

sambandhī ca kathaṃ jāto bhṛguṇā saha keśavaḥ | etadvistarato brahman vaktumarhasi bhārgava

Translation

અને કેશવ ભૃગુ સાથે સંબંધિ કેવી રીતે બન્યા? હે બ્રહ્મન, હે ભાર્ગવ! આ વાત વિગતે કહો.

Word by Word

• सम्बन्धी: a relation/connected one
• सम्बन्धी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सम्बन्धी’ = सम्बन्धवान् (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• जातः: became/was born
• जातः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘born/become’

• भृगुणा: with Bhṛgu
• भृगुणा: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश (preposition-like indeclinable: ‘with’)

• केशवः: Keśava (Viṣṇu)
• केशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: ‘in detail’)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin / O revered one
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• वक्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to speak’

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भार्गव: O Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devatīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed with honorifics including Bhārgava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, earnestly asks the Bhārgava sage for a detailed account of Keśava’s relation to Bhṛgu; the sage prepares to narrate, with a manuscript or rosary in hand.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Bhṛgu
• Bhārgava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas encourage patient listening to sacred history, where relationships and lineages illuminate divine activity in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it serves the narrative setup for the Devatīrtha–Śrīpati account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for detailed narration.