Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विहस्य विहगाधिपः । प्रोवाच वासुदेवं च तां विलोक्य चिरं द्विजाः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vihasya vihagādhipaḥ | provāca vāsudevaṃ ca tāṃ vilokya ciraṃ dvijāḥ

Translation

သုတက ပြော၏။ ထိုစကားကို ကြားသော် ငှက်တို့၏ အရှင်သည် ပြုံးရယ်ကာ၊ သူမကို ကြာရှည်စွာ စူးစမ်းကြည့်ပြီးနောက် ဝါစုဒေဝအား မိန့်တော်မူ၏—အို ဒွိဇ ရဟန်းပညာရှိတို့။

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तस्य: of him/of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे (contextual), षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (qualifying वचनम्)

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• विहस्य: having laughed
• विहस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having laughed/smiled)

• विहगाधिपः: the lord of birds (Garuḍa)
• विहगाधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहग + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विहगानाम् अधिपः); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विलोक्य: having looked at
• विलोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having looked at)

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: for a long time)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे अपि पाठान्तरसंभावना (could be vocative in context)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (assembled sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narrative zoom-out: Sūta as storyteller in the foreground (or implied), while the divine scene continues—Garuḍa smiles, gazes long at Śāṇḍilī, then turns to speak to Vāsudeva; sages sit listening in a forest hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Garuḍa
• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)
• Śāṇḍilī
• Dwijas (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic teaching, sacred truth is unfolded through respectful dialogue and attentive observation.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition within the broader tīrtha-context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative framing.