Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तं नमस्कृत्य वक्ष्यामि पुराणानि यथाक्रमम् । येषामभिव्याहरणादभिवृद्धिर्वृषायुषोः

Transliteration

taṃ namaskṛtya vakṣyāmi purāṇāni yathākramam | yeṣāmabhivyāharaṇādabhivṛddhirvṛṣāyuṣoḥ

Translation

അവനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു ഞാൻ യഥാക്രമം പുരാണങ്ങളെ വിവరిచ്‌ചുപറയും; അവയെ ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം ഉച്ചരിക്കുമ്പോൾ ധർമ്മവും ആയുസ്സും വർദ്ധിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• namaskṛtya: having saluted
• namaskṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas + √kṛ (कृ) (कृदन्त/अव्ययीभाव-भावे क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having done)

• vakṣyāmi: I shall speak
• vakṣyāmi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• purāṇāni: the Purāṇas
• purāṇāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• yathā-kramam: in proper sequence
• yathā-kramam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + krama (क्रम, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः (adverbial: in due order)

• yeṣām: of which
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• abhivyāharaṇāt: from (their) recitation/utterance
• abhivyāharaṇāt: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Source/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhi + vi + ā + √hṛ (हृ) → vyāharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचनम्; कारणार्थे (from/through utterance)

• abhivṛddhiḥ: increase, growth
• abhivṛddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhi + √vṛdh (वृध्) → vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• vṛṣa-āyuṣoḥ: of righteousness and lifespan
• vṛṣa-āyuṣoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (वृष, प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (आयुस्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः (इतरेतर); द्वयोः पदयोः षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, द्विवचनम् (genitive dual)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Mahātmya (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator-sage bows (namaskṛtya) before a deity or guru-seat and begins orderly recitation of Purāṇic lore; manuscripts, rosary, and a listening assembly evoke the sanctity of utterance that grants dharma and long life.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Vyāsa
• Purāṇas
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility toward the teacher and reverent recitation of sacred texts are themselves dharma-producing acts that nurture a long, meaningful life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse prepares the listener for ordered Purāṇic narration that will later glorify Revā’s tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/utterance (abhivyāharaṇa) of Purāṇic material is presented as a meritorious practice.