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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। ऋषय ऊचुः । महाकालस्य माहात्म्यं विस्तरेण महामते । अस्माकं सूतज ब्रूहि सर्वं वेत्ति यतो भवान्

Transliteration

| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | mahākālasya māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa mahāmate | asmākaṃ sūtaja brūhi sarvaṃ vetti yato bhavān

Translation

仙人たちは言った。「大いなる思慮の御方よ、マハーカーラの偉大なる威徳を詳しく語り給え。スータの子よ、汝は一切を知る者ゆえ、すべてを我らに説き明かしたまえ。」

Word by Word
ऋषयःsages
ऋषयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
ऊचुःsaid
ऊचुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
महाकालस्यof Mahākāla
महाकालस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
माहात्म्यम्greatness/glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विस्तरेणin detail
विस्तरेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental)
महामतेO great-minded one
महामते:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहामति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
अस्माकम्of us/our
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, बहुवचन; (common gender)
सूतजO son of Sūta
सूतज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूतस्य जः)
ब्रूहिtell
ब्रूहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मरूपे (object)
वेत्तिknows
वेत्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
यतःsince/because
यतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कारणार्थक-सम्बन्धबोधक (conjunction) ‘because/since’
भवान्you (hon.)
भवान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रोनाउन (honorific ‘you’)
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahākāla (Mahākāla-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (Sūtaja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, hands folded, addressing Sūta (son of Sūta) who sits on a low seat with a manuscript; in the background, a distant silhouette of a Śiva-liṅga shrine hints at Mahākāla.

Characters & Entities
M
Mahākāla
S
Sūta

FAQs

True understanding of a tīrtha’s power begins with humble inquiry and listening to an authorized narrator of Purāṇic tradition.

Mahākāla’s sacred sphere (Mahākāla-tīrtha/kshetra) is introduced as the subject of praise in this chapter.

No ritual is prescribed here; it establishes the request to hear Mahākāla’s māhātmya in detail.

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