Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

इति ते वै समुद्देशः कीर्तितः किंचिदेव च । शेषः स्मृतिपुराणेभ्यस्त्वया श्रोतव्य एव च

Transliteration

iti te vai samuddeśaḥ kīrtitaḥ kiṃcideva ca | śeṣaḥ smṛtipurāṇebhyastvayā śrotavya eva ca

Translation

अशा रीतीने तुला हा थोडक्यात उपदेश सांगितला. उरलेले मात्र स्मृती व पुराणांतून तू अवश्य ऐकावे।

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थक निपात) — quotation marker

• te: your/to you
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचनम् — “of you/your” (also can be dative; here genitive with samuddeśaḥ)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis/indeed

• samuddeśaḥ: summary/outline
• samuddeśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-uddeśa (समुद्देश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचनम्

• kīrtitaḥ: has been stated
• kīrtitaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम् — “has been declared”

• kiṃcit: a little
• kiṃcit: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (किंचित् सर्वनाम/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अल्पार्थक) — “a little/somewhat”

• eva: only/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) — only/just

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• śeṣaḥ: the remainder
• śeṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (शेष प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्

• smṛti-purāṇebhyaḥ: from the Smṛtis and Purāṇas
• smṛti-purāṇebhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smṛti (स्मृति प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (पुराण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व); पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); बहुवचनम् — “from the Smṛtis and Purāṇas”

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचनम्

• śrotavyaḥ: should be heard
• śrotavyaḥ: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम् — “is to be heard”

• eva: certainly
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal closing of a teaching segment: the speaker gestures toward manuscripts, indicating that the rest is to be learned from Smṛti and Purāṇa recitation.

Characters & Entities

• Smṛti
• Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is vast; one should learn it through recognized scriptural traditions, not from fragments alone.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; it is a colophon-like instructional transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it prescribes further study/listening to Smṛti and Purāṇa literature.