Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

पितामहमुखोद्गीतं श्रुतं ते कथयाम्यहम् । यन्मे पितामहात्पूर्वं विज्ञातमृषिसंसदि

Transliteration

pitāmahamukhodgītaṃ śrutaṃ te kathayāmyaham | yanme pitāmahātpūrvaṃ vijñātamṛṣisaṃsadi

Translation

Akan kuceritakan kepadamu apa yang kudengar dilagukan dari mulut Sang Kakek Agung (Brahmā)—ajaran yang sama yang dahulu telah kuketahui dari kakekku dalam sidang para ṛṣi.

Word by Word

• पितामह-मुख-उद्गीतम्: sung/uttered from (my) grandfather's mouth
• पितामह-मुख-उद्गीतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्गीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पितामहस्य मुखात् उद्गीतम्)

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन; अत्र चतुर्थी (to you)

• कथयामि: I tell/narrate
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• यत्: which/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• मे: to me/of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (of me/to me)

• पितामहात्: from (my) grandfather
• पितामहात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वम्: formerly/before
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• विज्ञातम्: known/understood
• विज्ञातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ऋषि-संसदि: in the assembly of sages
• ऋषि-संसदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + संसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ऋषीणां संसद्)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback tableau: Brahmā in a luminous assembly of sages, ‘singing’ the teaching; Mārkaṇḍeya as a younger listener receiving it, then returning to narrate to Yudhiṣṭhira.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• pitāmaha (Brahmā / grandsire)
• ṛṣi-saṃsad (assembly of sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma is presented as a received tradition, preserved through saintly lineages and sage-assemblies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it establishes the authority and lineage of the teaching within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames the narration as heard tradition.