Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां श्रुतमेतन्मया विभो । वदतां ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणां तथान्येषां तपस्विनाम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ śrutametanmayā vibho | vadatāṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tapasvinām

Translation

Wahai Yang Maha Perkasa, aku telah mendengar ajaran ini tentang semua tīrtha, sebagaimana diucapkan oleh para brāhmaṇa yang paling utama dan juga para pertapa yang lain.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Modifier (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred places (tīrthas)
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma/Bhava (Object/Impersonal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘has been heard’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वदताम्: of those speaking
• वदताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) → वदत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: of the foremost brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘indras among brāhmaṇas’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तपस्विनाम्: of ascetics
• तपस्विनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Speaker

A narrator within the episode (female petitioner continuing her speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble narrator addresses a powerful lord, recalling that the glory of all tīrthas was heard from eminent brāhmaṇas and austere sages seated in an āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tapasvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It grounds tīrtha-glorification in received testimony from authoritative spiritual communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the ongoing tīrthamāhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on śruti/śravaṇa (heard tradition) as a source of guidance.