Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

चतुर्विंशतितीर्थानि कथितानि मयाधुना । इतोऽन्यदद्भुतं यूयं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छथ

Transliteration

caturviṃśatitīrthāni kathitāni mayādhunā | ito'nyadadbhutaṃ yūyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ഇരുപത്തിനാലു തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെ വിവരിച്ചു. ഇതിന് അപ്പുറം നിങ്ങൾ വീണ്ടും ഏതു അത്ഭുതം കേൾക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു?

Word by Word

• चतुर्विंशतितीर्थानि: the twenty-four sacred fords
• चतुर्विंशतितीर्थानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः “twenty-four tīrthas”

• कथितानि: have been described
• कथितानि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; agrees with “तीर्थानि”

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; “by me”

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time) “now/just now”

• इतः: from here; thereafter
• इतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक “from here/thereafter”

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies “अद्भुतम्” (another)

• अद्भुतम्: marvellous; wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• किम्: what?; whether
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-निपातवत् प्रयोगः; interrogative “what?/whether?”

• भूयः: further; again
• भूयः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रोतुम् (तुमुन्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive) अव्यय; प्रयोजनार्थ “to hear”

• इच्छथ: you wish
• इच्छथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukhaṇḍa tīrtha-circuit (24 tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, having finished a recitation, gestures toward a symbolic garland of twenty-four tīrtha emblems (waves, ghats, shrines, cakra symbol), while sages lean forward, ready to request the next marvel.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as an ordered body of sacred knowledge, inviting seekers to inquire further.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site; it summarizes that twenty-four tīrthas have been covered in the preceding narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a transition prompting the audience’s next question.