Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कथं समागता सूत वक्तुमेतत्त्वमर्हसि । अस्माकं मुनिशार्दूल तच्छुश्रूषातिभूयसी

Transliteration

kathaṃ samāgatā sūta vaktumetattvamarhasi | asmākaṃ muniśārdūla tacchuśrūṣātibhūyasī

Translation

“Wahai Sūta, bagaimana tempat itu boleh wujud di sana? Engkau layak menerangkan hakikat ini. Wahai harimau dalam kalangan para resi, keinginan kami untuk mendengarnya telah menjadi amat besar.”

Word by Word

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक) — ‘how?’

• samāgatā: has come/arrived
• samāgatā: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘having come/arrived’ (predicate adjective; implied ‘[kathā] samāgatā’)

• sūta: O Sūta
• sūta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन — ‘O Sūta’

• vaktum: to tell
• vaktum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव — ‘to tell/speak’

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘this’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’

• arhasi: are fit/able
• arhasi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — ‘are able/ought/deserve’

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन — ‘of us’

• muniśārdūla: O tiger among sages
• muniśārdūla: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन — ‘tiger among sages’

• tat: that (matter)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘that/this (matter)’

• śuśrūṣā: eagerness to hear
• śuśrūṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuśrūṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘desire to hear/service’

• ati-bhūyasī: very great
• ati-bhūyasī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समास — ‘very great/excessive’ (qualifies śuśrūṣā)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (addressing Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekāntarāmanātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages respectfully address Sūta, requesting the origin story of Ekāntarāmanātha; their posture conveys humility and intense curiosity, with the sacred landscape implied in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent inquiry and attentive listening are upheld as gateways to receiving tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma-teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sages are asking about the origin of the previously mentioned sacred place within the Setu kṣetra (contextually Ekāntarāmanātha/Amṛtavāpī region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes śuśrūṣā (eagerness to hear) and the request for explanation.