Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु मे तात परं कौतूहलं हृदि । जातं तत्कथयस्वेति शृण्वतः सह बान्धवैः
Transliteration
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | etacchrutvā tu me tāta paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hṛdi | jātaṃ tatkathayasveti śṛṇvataḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
Translation
ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ತಾತ! ಇದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಮ ಕೌತೂಹಲ ಉಂಟಾಗಿದೆ. ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಆ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿರಿ; ನಾವು ಬಂಧುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.
Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (Action—prior act/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having heard)
तुbut; indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
तातO dear one/father
तात:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
परम्great; supreme
परम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (कौतूहलम्)
कौतूहलम्curiosity; eagerness
कौतूहलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
हृदिin (my) heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
जातम्arisen; born
जातम्:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (कौतूहलम्)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
कथयस्वtell (me)
कथयस्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु; णिजन्त)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—उक्त्यर्थक-निपात (quotative particle)
शृण्वतःof (me) listening
शृण्वतः:
Sambandha (Genitive—of one who is listening)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); 'शृण्वत्' = listening
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय—सह-प्रयोगे (particle: 'together with')
बान्धवैःwith (my) kinsmen
बान्धवैः:
Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
Speaker
Yudhiṣṭhira
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraFAQs
Śravaṇa (devout listening) and sincere inquiry are presented as gateways to receiving purāṇic wisdom.
No specific site is named; this is a frame-question that introduces the forthcoming account within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
Implicitly, śravaṇa—listening to sacred narration in the company of family/kinsmen.