Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं शंखतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । प्रभावं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śaṃkhatīrthasamudbhavam | prabhāvaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

Translation

വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ശംഖതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന ഈ മഹിമ മുഴുവനും ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വിവരിച്ചു. ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ഇനി എന്താണ് കേൾക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നത്?

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व+मित्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative, singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचनम्; चतुर्थी (4th case, dative, singular); ‘to you/for you’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘एतत्’)

• आख्यातम्: told/explained
• आख्यातम्: Karma (कर्म; predicate to ‘एतत्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular); ‘told/declared’

• शंखतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: arising from Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• शंखतीर्थसमुद्भवम्: Sambandha (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंखतीर्थ + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिके; शंख+तीर्थ + सम्+उद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘एतत्/प्रभावम्’)

• प्रभावम्: power, greatness
• प्रभावम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular)

• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; सम्बोधन (vocative, 8th case)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचनम्; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative, singular); प्रश्नार्थे

• भूयः: further
• भूयः: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); अर्थः ‘again/further/more’

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अर्थः ‘to hear’

• इच्छसि: do you wish
• इच्छसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (pārthiva-śreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Viśvāmitra, seated in an āśrama-like setting near a sacred waterbody, addresses a respectful king, concluding the account of Śaṅkhatīrtha’s greatness.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Śaṅkhatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places have prabhāva (transformative efficacy), and sages transmit that knowledge through dharmic dialogue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṅkhatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it is a concluding prompt after describing Śaṅkhatīrtha’s prabhāva.