Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तान्यहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि विस्तरेण पृथक्पृथक् । नामतः शृणु देवेशि समाहितमनाः स्थिता

Transliteration

tānyahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi vistareṇa pṛthakpṛthak | nāmataḥ śṛṇu deveśi samāhitamanāḥ sthitā

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളെ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വിശദമായി, ഓരോന്നായി പറഞ്ഞുതരാം. ഹേ ദേവേശീ, മനസ്സിനെ ഏകാഗ്രമാക്കി അവയുടെ നാമങ്ങൾ ശ്രവിക്കൂ.

Word by Word

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; कर्म (those [places])

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (to you)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण (in detail/with विस्तार)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (separately)

• पृथक्: each one separately
• पृथक्: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-बल (each separately)

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (in terms of name/by name)

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेशि: O goddess (lady), O lord-of-gods (as address)
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (देव-ईश = ‘lord of gods’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• समाहितमनाः: with a composed mind
• समाहितमनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (समाहितं मनः यस्याः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थिता: standing; remaining
• स्थिता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘standing/remaining’ (descriptive)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘deveśi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda in teaching posture addressing Devī; palm-leaf manuscript or rosary in hand; behind them a faint map-like garland of tīrtha icons indicating an upcoming list.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Tīrthas (list introduction)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is treated as a formal teaching: hearing (śravaṇa) with focused attention is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is the preface to the list; the named tīrthas begin in the next verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with samāhita-manas (collected mind) to the names and details of tīrthas.