Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कथितं तन्मया सर्वं पृथग्भावेन भारत

Transliteration

kathitaṃ tanmayā sarvaṃ pṛthagbhāvena bhārata

Translation

Wahai Bhārata, aku telah menceritakan semuanya kepadamu dengan lengkap, diperincikan dengan jelas, dan menurut tertib yang sepatutnya.

Word by Word

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (that which has been told)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘कथितम्’ इत्यस्य विषयः

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पृथग्भावेन: in a separate manner/in detail
• पृथग्भावेन: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथग्-भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial instrumental: ‘separately/in detail’)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing dialogue in Revā-khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (address of the interlocutor; likely the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage concludes his ordered exposition to Bhārata; manuscripts, palm-leaf folios, or a symbolic ‘completed garland’ motif indicates the end of a section.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching should be received in an orderly, clearly distinguished way so that dharma and tīrtha-māhātmya are properly understood.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line functions as a narrative wrap-up; the specific tīrtha is not named in this verse itself (it belongs to the surrounding Revā-khaṇḍa context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is a concluding statement of narration.