Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । युष्माकमेवं कथितं सृगालस्य कपेरपि

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | yuṣmākamevaṃ kathitaṃ sṛgālasya kaperapi

Translation

ശ്രീസൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ ഞാൻ നിങ്ങൾക്കു ശൃഗാലന്റെയും വാനരന്റെയും കഥയും വിവരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• कथितम्: has been narrated
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथित (कृदन्त; √कथ् (धातु); क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'has been told'

• सृगालस्य: of the jackal
• सृगालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृगाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कपेः: of the monkey
• कपेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator (Sūta) seated in an assembly of brāhmaṇas, concluding the tale; listeners attentive, sacrificial fire or study hall ambiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Sṛgāla (jackal)
• Kapi (monkey)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration uses memorable stories to seal the teaching and make the tīrtha’s greatness easy to remember and transmit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The completed story serves to glorify Dhanuskoṭi and its purifying power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative closure leading into the phala-śruti.