Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । अस्या अमृतनामत्वं वैभवं च मनोहरम्

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | asyā amṛtanāmatvaṃ vaibhavaṃ ca manoharam

Translation

Śrī Sūta berkata: Aku akan menuturkan sebab ia dinamakan “Amṛta”, serta kebesaran dan keindahannya yang memikat.

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-सूत (प्रातिपदिक; श्री + सूत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अस्याः: of this (pond)
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अमृतनामत्वम्: the state of being named 'Amṛta'
• अमृतनामत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत-नामत्व (प्रातिपदिक; अमृत + नामत्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम

• वैभवम्: glory
• वैभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• मनोहरम्: charming/delightful
• मनोहरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वैभवम्)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛtavāpī

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated as narrator, right hand raised in assurance; sages attentive; the atmosphere is calm, poised at the threshold of a sacred origin-story.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Amṛtavāpikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching unfolds through orderly narration—name, origin, and glory—so devotees understand the tīrtha’s power with clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amṛtavāpikā/Amṛtavāpī, the ‘nectar-named’ sacred pond.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a transition into the explanatory account.