Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । माहात्म्यं च सरस्वत्या भूयः किं श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | māhātmyaṃ ca sarasvatyā bhūyaḥ kiṃ śrotumicchasi

Translation

汝が我に問うたことに応じて、これらすべてを説き明かした。サラスヴァティーの偉大さもまた語った—さらに何を聞きたいのか。

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case) / चतुर्थी (4th case) एकवचन-रूपम् — here: चतुर्थी एकवचन (to you/for you)

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; here agreeing with एतत् (predicate adjective)

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past passive participle ‘told/declared’ (predicate)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; correlating with एतत् (‘that which’)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative, Singular

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask (in detail)
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (māhātmya)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Acc./Nom., Singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘महान् आत्मा/महत्त्वम्’ → ‘greatness, glory’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• सरस्वत्याः: of Sarasvatī
• सरस्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भूयः: further/again
• भूयः: Prayojana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक) — adverb ‘again/further/more’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular (interrogative)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव — infinitive ‘to hear’

• इच्छसि: you wish/desire
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present indicative, 2nd person, Singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (closing the topic)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teaching scene: the narrator concludes the Sarasvatī-mahātmya, turning to the listener with a gentle invitation to ask what next; background hints of a sacred river-channel and coastal Prabhāsa landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Sarasvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching proceeds through inquiry and completion: sacred knowledge is transmitted as a guided dialogue about tīrtha-mahātmyas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sarasvatī tīrtha—specifically the Prācī Sarasvatī in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it marks the completion of an explanation and invites further questions.