Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । मन्त्रौघा विविधा राजञ्छंकरेण प्रकाशिताः । पार्वत्यग्रे महाराज अथर्वणोपवेदजाः

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | mantraughā vividhā rājañchaṃkareṇa prakāśitāḥ | pārvatyagre mahārāja atharvaṇopavedajāḥ

Translation

വ്യാസൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജാവേ, അഥർവണ ഉപവേദജന്യമായ വിവിധ മന്ത്രധാരകൾ ശങ്കരൻ പാർവതിയുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു, ഹേ മഹാരാജാവേ.

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रौघाः: streams/collections of mantras
• मन्त्रौघाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• शंकरेण: by Śaṅkara
• शंकरेण: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रकाशिताः: revealed, made known
• प्रकाशिताः: Kriya-visheshana (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+काश् (धातु) → प्रकाशित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; PPP)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पार्वत्यग्रे: in front of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्यग्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पार्वती + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; सप्तमी-अर्थे अव्यय (in the presence of; locative sense)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथर्वण: of Atharvan (Atharva)
• अथर्वण: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अथर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपवेदजाः: born from the Upaveda
• उपवेदजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवेद + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vyāsa narrates: Śaṅkara, radiant, instructs Pārvatī; streams of syllables depicted as luminous garlands emerging like flowing script; royal listener (Yudhiṣṭhira) in the frame of narration.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Śaṅkara
• Pārvatī
• Atharvaṇa (Upaveda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge (mantra) is portrayed as divinely revealed and transmitted within a dharmic framework.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The revelation forms part of the Śiva-tīrtha māhātmya in Dharmāraṇya, explaining the site’s sacred power through Śiva’s disclosure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra teaching is referenced, but no specific japa/vidhi is prescribed in this verse.