Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

धर्मप्रवचने श्लोको यत एष प्रगीयते

Transliteration

dharmapravacane śloko yata eṣa pragīyate

Translation

なぜなら、ダルマの教説においては、この偈こそが権威ある格言として古来誦されてきたからである。

Word by Word

• धर्मप्रवचने: in the discourse on dharma
• धर्मप्रवचने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + प्रवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dharmasya pravacanam)

• श्लोकः: a verse
• श्लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यतः: wherefrom/therefore
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक/सम्बन्धवाचक (from which/therefore/wherefore)

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रगीयते: is sung/recited
• प्रगीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); प्र-उपसर्ग

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextually Nārada)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: ऋषि-सभा/प्रवचन-मण्डपः; पाठकः श्लोकं ‘धर्मप्रवचने’ उद्धरति; श्रोतारः ध्यानस्थाः, हस्ते ताडपत्र-ग्रन्थाः।

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Śloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic discourse often grounds decisions in remembered dharma-maxims; tradition functions as a guide for right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it serves as a transition introducing a dharma-verse relevant to honoring tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it signals reliance on a commonly recited dharma teaching.