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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । आदित्यस्य सुतौ तात नासत्यौ येन हेतुना । संजातौ श्रोतुमिच्छामि निर्णयं परमं द्विज

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ādityasya sutau tāta nāsatyau yena hetunā | saṃjātau śrotumicchāmi nirṇayaṃ paramaṃ dvija

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai tuan yang dihormati seperti ayah, atas sebab apakah kedua Nāsatya menjadi putera Āditya? Wahai brāhmaṇa (dvija), aku ingin mendengar penentuan tertinggi, penjelasan yang jelas tentang hal ini.”

Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — Perfect, 3rd sg; परस्मैपद
आदित्यस्यof Āditya
आदित्यस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive singular
सुतौtwo sons
सुतौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual
तातdear sir/father
तात:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative singular
नासत्यौthe Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्यौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual
येनby which, through what
येन:
Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental singular; सम्बन्धसूचक — relative pronoun
हेतुनाby what cause/reason
हेतुना:
Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular
संजातौwere born
संजातौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त-क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — Masculine, Nominative dual
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त infinitive — to hear
इच्छामिI wish
इच्छामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — Present, 1st sg; परस्मैपद
निर्णयम्the explanation, decision
निर्णयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्णय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular
परमम्supreme, highest
परमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative singular; विशेषण — qualifying निर्णयम्
द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)
द्विज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative singular
Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions the aged sage Mārkaṇḍeya; a riverbank hermitage or forest āśrama ambience suggests the Purāṇic teaching setting.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
Ā
Āditya
N
Nāsatyau (Aśvins)
D
Dvija (Mārkaṇḍeya)

FAQs

Dharma is pursued through sincere inquiry—asking learned sages for a clear, authoritative account.

The broader setting is the Āśvina Tīrtha narrative in Revā Khaṇḍa, though this verse is a genealogical question.

None; it is a question initiating the explanatory narrative.

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