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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

स्कंद उवाच । अविमुक्तेश माहात्म्यं वर्णितं तेग्रतो मया । अथो किमसि शुश्रूषुः कथयिष्यामि तत्पुनः

Transliteration

skaṃda uvāca | avimukteśa māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ tegrato mayā | atho kimasi śuśrūṣuḥ kathayiṣyāmi tatpunaḥ

Translation

စကန္ဒက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– သင်၏ရှေ့မှောက်၌ အဝိမုက္တေရှ၏ မဟာတ್ಮကို ငါ ရှင်းလင်းဖော်ပြပြီးသားဖြစ်၏။ သို့ရာတွင် သင်သည် ထပ်မံ မည်သည်ကို နားထောင်လိုသနည်း? ငါ ထပ်မံ ပြောကြားမည်။

Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
अविमुक्तेशO Avimukteśa
अविमुक्तेश:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअविमुक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः
माहात्म्यम्greatness, glory
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
वर्णितम्described
वर्णितम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवर्ण् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (has been described)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदानवाचकः (to you)
अग्रतःbeforehand, earlier
अग्रतः:
Desha/Kaala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्रतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: beforehand/in front)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3), एकवचन; कर्तृ/करणवाचकः (by me)
अथोthen, now
अथो:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थकः (then/now)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma/Predicate complement (Questioned item)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम
असिare (you)
असि:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
शुश्रूषुःeager to hear
शुश्रूषुः:
Predicate complement (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुश्रूषु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative adjective from श्रु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; इच्छार्थक-विशेषणम् (desirous of hearing/serving)
कथयिष्यामिI will tell
कथयिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (कथ् धातु, णिच्)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
तत्that (same matter)
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (that)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Desha/Kaala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (again)
Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukteśvara (topic of māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses sage Agastya in an āśrama setting; palm-leaf manuscripts and a small liṅga/altar indicate the topic; Skanda gestures as if to begin anew.

Characters & Entities
S
Skanda
A
Avimukteśa
A
Agastya (implied listener)

FAQs

Sacred teachings are worth hearing repeatedly; the Māhātmya of Kāśī’s Lord is presented as inexhaustibly beneficial.

Avimukteśa/Avimukteśvara of Kāśī, whose Māhātmya is the topic of the chapter.

None directly; it establishes the didactic setting for continued narration (śravaṇa/recitation of Māhātmya).

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