Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तं भविष्यं पांडवा मया । भवतां चित्तनिर्वृत्यै श्रूयतां भूय एव च

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pāṃḍavā mayā | bhavatāṃ cittanirvṛtyai śrūyatāṃ bhūya eva ca

Translation

Demikianlah, wahai para Pāṇḍava, telah aku katakan secara ringkas tentang apa yang bakal terjadi. Demi ketenteraman dan kepuasan hati kamu, dengarlah lagi seterusnya.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• संक्षेपतः: briefly
• संक्षेपतः: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been stated
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थं ‘said/told’

• भविष्यम्: the future
• भविष्यम्: Karma (Content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘future (events)’

• पाण्डवाः: O Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, बहुवचन (vocative plural)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक-करण (by me)

• भवताम्: of you / your
• भवताम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (your)

• चित्तनिर्वृत्यै: for the satisfaction of (your) minds
• चित्तनिर्वृत्यै: Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/for)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चित्तस्य निर्वृतिः)

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग/आज्ञार्थे, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be heard’

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

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

Speaker

Devī (Goddess)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teaching scene: Skanda (or the narrator-sage) seated, addressing the Pāṇḍavas; gestures indicate ‘briefly said’ and ‘listen further’, with palm-leaf manuscripts and a sacred grove setting.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narration is itself a dharmic support—heard with faith, it steadies the mind and restores inner clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as a spiritual practice, though no formal rite is detailed.