Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

एतेनैव श्राव्यमेतद्यत्त्वयांगीकृतं मुने । त्वं हि त्रिलोकीं विचरन्वेत्सि सर्वां हि सारताम्

Transliteration

etenaiva śrāvyametadyattvayāṃgīkṛtaṃ mune | tvaṃ hi trilokīṃ vicaranvetsi sarvāṃ hi sāratām

Translation

ഹേ മുനേ, നിങ്ങൾ അംഗീകരിച്ചതിനാൽ ഇതു ശ്രവിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടേണ്ടതുതന്നെ. കാരണം നിങ്ങൾ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ച് എല്ലാറ്റിന്റെയും സാരതത്ത്വം അറിയുന്നവനാണ്.

Word by Word

• etena: by this / with this
• etena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• śrāvyam: should be recited/told
• śrāvyam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śru (धातु) + śrāvya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/योग्यतार्थक कृदन्त (णिच्-प्रेरणार्थात्/यत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘श्राव्यम्’ = to be recited/heard

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक यत्-शब्दः; अव्ययीभावे/सम्बन्धे (relative particle ‘which/that’)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aṅgīkṛtam: accepted, agreed to
• aṅgīkṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṅgī-√kṛ (धातु) + aṅgīkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘accepted/undertaken’

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• trilokīm: the three worlds
• trilokīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + lokī/loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vicaran: wandering
• vicaran: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√car (धातु) + vicarat (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि (wandering)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarvām: all, entire
• sarvām: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• sāratām: the essence, true value
• sāratām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक (essence/true worth)

Speaker

Phālguna (Arjuna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable sage, staff in hand, is depicted as a traveler of the three worlds; behind him, symbolic layers—earthly rivers, celestial realms, and netherworld motifs—suggest triloka knowledge as he prepares to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is entrusted to realized sages; their lived experience becomes the basis for tīrtha-māhātmya transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the request to describe “this tīrtha,” without naming it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (hearing) from a qualified authority.