Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
विस्तरेण मम ब्रूहि माहात्म्यं परमाद्भुतम्
Transliteration
vistareṇa mama brūhi māhātmyaṃ paramādbhutam
Translation
ഈ പരമാദ്ഭുതമായ മഹാത്മ്യം എനിക്ക് വിശദമായി പറഞ്ഞു തരിക।
Word by Word
विस्तरेणin detail
विस्तरेण:
Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन — क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially: ‘in detail’)
ममto me
मम:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी; एकवचन — ‘to me/for me’ (genitive used for recipient)
ब्रूहिtell
ब्रूहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन — ‘tell/speak’
माहात्म्यम्the greatness, glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन
परमाद्भुतम्supremely wonderful
परमाद्भुतम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन — ‘supremely wonderful’ (qualifying ‘माहात्म्यम्’)
Speaker
Vyāsa
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Agastya
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Vyāsa leans forward, palms joined, requesting the ‘paramādbhuta māhātmya’ in full detail; Agastya prepares to speak.
Characters & Entities
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VyāsaM
Māhātmya (topic: Ayodhyā tīrthas)FAQs
One should seek deeper understanding of sacred places and their dharma, not stopping at brief praise but asking for full instruction.
Ayodhyā’s sacred network (māhātmya), including the previously mentioned confluence and Viṣṇu manifestations.
None directly; it is an invitation to elaborate the rites, merits, and sacred history further.