Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्ते संक्षेपतः सर्वं भक्तियुक्तस्य भारत । कथयामि न सन्देहो वृद्धभावेन कर्शितः

Transliteration

tatte saṃkṣepataḥ sarvaṃ bhaktiyuktasya bhārata | kathayāmi na sandeho vṛddhabhāvena karśitaḥ

Translation

ಹೇ ಭಾರತ, ನೀನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಆ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ನಾನು ಸಂಕ್ಷೇಪವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ. ವೃದ್ಧಾವಸ್ಥೆಯಿಂದ ಕ್ಷೀಣನಾದರೂ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति (6th/4th), एकवचन — Genitive/Dative singular; here dative ‘to you’

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Kriya (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेपतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb: briefly, in summary

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग — pronominal adjective

• भक्तियुक्तस्य: of one endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular; विशेषण — qualifying (implicit) ‘तव’; तत्पुरुष: भक्त्या युक्तः

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative singular

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — Present, 1st sg; परस्मैपद

• न: not, no
• न: Kriya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय — negative particle

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• वृद्धभावेन: by/through old age
• वृद्धभावेन: Karana (Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular; तत्पुरुष: वृद्धस्य भावः (state of old age)

• कर्शितः: afflicted, weakened
• कर्शितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृश् (धातु) → कर्शित (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; विशेषण — qualifying सन्देहः (i.e., ‘doubt is not…’)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elderly Mārkaṇḍeya, slightly frail, speaks gently yet firmly to Yudhiṣṭhira; the disciple’s devotional posture is emphasized; the scene conveys tenderness and certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) is presented as a key qualification for receiving sacred instruction, and the teacher’s compassion adapts teaching to circumstance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly supports the Āśvina Tīrtha narrative; the verse itself is about narration and eligibility rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition.