Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यस्माद्वेदेतिहासैश्च सषडङ्गपदक्रमाः । विश्रान्ता ब्रह्मणा दत्ता नाम विश्रवसेति च

Transliteration

yasmādvedetihāsaiśca saṣaḍaṅgapadakramāḥ | viśrāntā brahmaṇā dattā nāma viśravaseti ca

Translation

വേദങ്ങളും ഇതിഹാസങ്ങളും, ഷഡംഗങ്ങളോടും പദക്രമപാഠത്തോടും കൂടി, അവനിൽ വിശ്രമം പ്രാപിച്ച് ബ്രഹ്മാവാൽ അവനു ദത്തമായതിനാൽ അവന് ‘വിശ്രവസ്’ എന്ന നാമം ലഭിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• वेदेतिहासैः: by the Vedas and Itihāsas
• वेदेतिहासैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (वेदाश्च इतिहासाश्च)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सषडङ्गपदक्रमाः: the pada-krama recitations along with the six auxiliaries
• सषडङ्गपदक्रमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थक) + षडङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + पदक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-भावः (षडङ्गैः सह पदक्रमाः)

• विश्रान्ताः: rested/settled
• विश्रान्ताः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + श्रम् (धातु) → विश्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भावः—‘rested/settled’

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दत्ताः: were given
• दत्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मणि (given)

• नाम: namely
• नाम: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (particle: ‘by name/namely’)

• विश्रवस: to Viśravas
• विश्रवस: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (विश्रवसे)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa narrative frame (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā bestowing palm-leaf manuscripts or radiant Vedic sound-symbols upon Viśravas; the six Vedāṅgas symbolized as attendant sages or emblems (grammar scroll, ritual ladle, meter beads).

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśravas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True renown is linked to being a vessel for sacred learning—Veda, Itihāsa, and disciplined recitation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse explains a name and praises Vedic transmission.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription, but it highlights Vedic study and structured recitation (pada/krama) as sacred disciplines.