Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अधुना सेतुमाहात्म्यकथनात्सुतरां मुने । वयं कृतार्थाः संजाता व्यासशिष्य महामते

Transliteration

adhunā setumāhātmyakathanātsutarāṃ mune | vayaṃ kṛtārthāḥ saṃjātā vyāsaśiṣya mahāmate

Translation

ഹേ മുനേ! സേതുമാഹാത്മ്യം നിങ്ങൾ അത്യുത്തമമായി വിവరిచതുകൊണ്ട് ഞങ്ങൾ അത്യന്തം കൃതാർത്ഥരായി. ഹേ മഹാമതേ വ്യാസശിഷ്യാ! ഞങ്ങൾ പൂർണ്ണമായി തൃപ്തരാണ്.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सेतु-माहात्म्य-कथनात्: from the narration of the greatness of the bridge
• सेतु-माहात्म्य-कथनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सेतोः माहात्म्यस्य कथनम्)

• सुतराम्: very much, exceedingly
• सुतराम्: Visheshana (Modifier/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुतराम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अत्यर्थवाचक-अव्यय (intensifier adverb)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• कृतार्थाः: fulfilled, having achieved the purpose
• कृतार्थाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; कृ (धातु) + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण (fulfilled/successful)

• संजाताः: have become
• संजाताः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संजात (कृदन्त; सम् + जन् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (become)

• व्यास-शिष्य: O disciple of Vyāsa
• व्यास-शिष्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्यासस्य शिष्यः)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (महती मतिः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣis) addressing Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha / Rāma-setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (munis), addressing a Vyāsa-śiṣya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Forest-sage assembly expresses fulfillment after hearing Setu’s glory; the narrator is honored as Vyāsa’s disciple; calm reverent gestures, seated listeners, palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing (śravaṇa) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself spiritually fulfilling and purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāma-setu), revered in the Setukhaṇḍa as a supremely meritorious sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śravaṇa—devout listening to the māhātmya.