Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अधुना सेतुमाहात्म्यकथनात्सुतरां मुने । वयं कृतार्थाः संजाता व्यासशिष्य महामते

Transliteration

adhunā setumāhātmyakathanātsutarāṃ mune | vayaṃ kṛtārthāḥ saṃjātā vyāsaśiṣya mahāmate

Translation

Wahai muni, dengan penceritaanmu yang amat utama tentang kemuliaan Setu, kami kini menjadi kṛtārtha, terpenuhi segala hajat. Wahai mahāmati, murid Vyāsa, sungguh kami berasa puas dan tenteram.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सेतु-माहात्म्य-कथनात्: from the narration of the greatness of the bridge
• सेतु-माहात्म्य-कथनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सेतोः माहात्म्यस्य कथनम्)

• सुतराम्: very much, exceedingly
• सुतराम्: Visheshana (Modifier/विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुतराम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अत्यर्थवाचक-अव्यय (intensifier adverb)

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

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• कृतार्थाः: fulfilled, having achieved the purpose
• कृतार्थाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; कृ (धातु) + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण (fulfilled/successful)

• संजाताः: have become
• संजाताः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संजात (कृदन्त; सम् + जन् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (become)

• व्यास-शिष्य: O disciple of Vyāsa
• व्यास-शिष्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्यासस्य शिष्यः)

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (महती मतिः यस्य सः)

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣis) addressing Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha / Rāma-setu)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (munis), addressing a Vyāsa-śiṣya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Forest-sage assembly expresses fulfillment after hearing Setu’s glory; the narrator is honored as Vyāsa’s disciple; calm reverent gestures, seated listeners, palm-leaf manuscripts.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing (śravaṇa) of a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself spiritually fulfilling and purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāma-setu), revered in the Setukhaṇḍa as a supremely meritorious sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śravaṇa—devout listening to the māhātmya.