Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
Devanagari script
इति पृष्टो मुनिः सोथ ज्ञानदृष्टिर्द्विजस्त्रियां । आचख्यौ तस्य बालस्य जन्म कर्म च पौर्विकम्
Transliteration
iti pṛṣṭo muniḥ sotha jñānadṛṣṭirdvijastriyāṃ | ācakhyau tasya bālasya janma karma ca paurvikam
Translation
ഇങ്ങനെ ചോദിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ ജ്ഞാനദൃഷ്ടിയുള്ള മുനി ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്ത്രീയോട് ആ ബാലന്റെ ജന്മവും അവന്റെ പൂർവകർമ്മങ്ങളും സമഗ്രമായി പറഞ്ഞു.
Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)
पृष्टःasked
पृष्टः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√प्रच्छ् (धातु) क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
मुनिःsage
मुनिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
ज्ञानदृष्टिःone with knowledge-vision
ज्ञानदृष्टिः:
Karta (Apposition to subject)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान-दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञान + दृष्टि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (insight of knowledge)
द्विजःbrahmin
द्विजः:
Karta (Apposition to subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
स्त्रियम्the woman
स्त्रियम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आचख्यौtold/related
आचख्यौ:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√चक्ष् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तस्यof that (boy)
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन
बालस्यof the child
बालस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
कर्मdeed(s)
कर्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
पौर्विकम्former/previous
पौर्विकम्:
Karma (Object complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootपौर्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'birth and deeds')
Speaker
Narrator (introducing Śāṇḍilya’s revelation)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage with tranquil composure speaks, gesturing as if narrating; the woman listens intently; faint vignette-like imagery of past-life scenes appears behind them (symbolic montage).
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚāṇḍilyaD
dvijastri (brāhmaṇa woman)FAQs
A realized sage can illuminate the hidden chain of karma, helping seekers understand suffering and fortune with dharmic insight.
None; the focus is on revelation of karmic history.
None.