Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

रहस्यमे तद्युष्माकं वक्ष्यामि शृणुतादरात् । मया नोक्तमिदं पूर्वं कस्यापि मुनिपुंगवाः

Transliteration

rahasyame tadyuṣmākaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇutādarāt | mayā noktamidaṃ pūrvaṃ kasyāpi munipuṃgavāḥ

Translation

ഇത് ഒരു രഹസ്യോപദേശം; നിങ്ങളുടെ നിമിത്തം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു—ആദരത്തോടെ ശ്രവിക്കൂ. ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, ഞാൻ ഇത് മുമ്പ് ആരോടും പറഞ്ഞിട്ടില്ല.

Word by Word

• रहस्यम्: secret
• रहस्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• ए: O (indeed)
• ए: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ए (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/निपात), संबोधन/उद्बोधनार्थे

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (pronoun)

• युष्माकम्: of you / for you
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• शृणुत: listen
• शृणुत: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• आदरात्: with respect / attentively
• आदरात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचनम्; हेतौ (cause)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation/निषेध)

• उक्तम्: said
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/कालवाचक)

• कस्य: of anyone
• कस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम् (interrogative/indefinite in context)

• अपि: even / any
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), ‘even/any’ अर्थे

• मुनिपुंगवाः: O best of sages
• मुनिपुंगवाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां पुंगवाः)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munipuṅgavāḥ (foremost sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta leans slightly forward, right hand in teaching gesture, sages attentive; the mood suggests a confidential revelation in an āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• munipuṃgavas (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent listening is a spiritual practice; certain tīrtha-glories are treated as rahasya, disclosed to sincere seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet named in this verse; the secret will immediately point to Rāmeśvara at Rāmasetu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa with ādarā (attentive, respectful hearing) is implied as the proper discipline for receiving the teaching.