Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर उवाच । स्कन्दस्य चरितं सर्वमाजन्म द्विजसत्तम । तीर्थस्य च विधिं पुण्यं कथयस्व यथार्थतः

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | skandasya caritaṃ sarvamājanma dvijasattama | tīrthasya ca vidhiṃ puṇyaṃ kathayasva yathārthataḥ

Translation

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ မိန့်တော်မူသည်– အို ဒွိဇသတ္တမ၊ စကန္ဒ၏ မွေးဖွားချိန်မှစ၍ အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိအားလုံးကို အမှန်တကယ် ပြောပြပါ။ ထို့ပြင် ဤပုဏ္ဏတီရ္ထ၏ ကုသိုလ်ဖြစ်စေသော ဝိဓိကိုလည်း တိတိကျကျ ဟောကြားပါ။

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• चरितम्: deeds/life-story
• चरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित (प्रातिपदिक; √चर् + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चरितम् इति)

• आजन्म: from birth/onwards
• आजन्म: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधीवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (up to/from birth)

• द्विजसत्तम: O best of twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विजसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; द्विज + सत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the tīrtha
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• विधिम्: procedure/rite
• विधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: holy/meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विधिम् इति)

• कथयस्व: tell (me)
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथार्थतः: truthfully/accurately
• यथार्थतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथार्थतस् (अव्यय; यथार्थ + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvija-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions sage Mārkaṇḍeya about Skanda’s birth-story and the exact tīrtha-vidhi; a calm hermitage setting suggests transmission of sacred geography through discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Skanda
• dvija
• tīrtha-vidhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is learned through sincere inquiry—seeking both sacred history (carita) and correct practice (vidhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the Narmadā-south-bank tīrtha introduced in the surrounding context, whose procedure is to be explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request to explain the tīrtha’s ‘vidhi’ (proper observance), though the details are not yet given in this line.