Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

उपविष्टाः कथाश्चक्रुर्नानातीर्थाश्रितास्तदा । कर्मांतरेषु सत्रस्य सुखासीनाः परस्परम्

Transliteration

upaviṣṭāḥ kathāścakrurnānātīrthāśritāstadā | karmāṃtareṣu satrasya sukhāsīnāḥ parasparam

Translation

ထိုင်ပြီးနောက်—တီရ္ထသန့်ရှင်းရာများနှင့် ဆက်နွယ်သူတို့သည်—စတြရ အခမ်းအနား၏ ကర్మများကြား အနားယူချိန်တွင် သက်သာစွာ ထိုင်ကာ အချင်းချင်း စကားဝိုင်း ပြုကြ၏။

Word by Word

• उपविष्टाः: seated
• उपविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘उपविष्ट’ = seated

• कथाः: stories/discussions
• कथाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• चक्रुः: they did / they held
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थक (various)

• तीर्थाश्रिताः: resorting to sacred places
• तीर्थाश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, आ-श्रि धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; (तीर्थम् आश्रिताः) द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष; उपविष्टाः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कर्मान्तरेषु: in the intervals between rites
• कर्मान्तरेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (कर्मणाम् अन्तरेषु) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• सत्रस्य: of the sacrificial session
• सत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सुखासीनाः: sitting comfortably
• सुखासीनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + आसीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, आस् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘सुखेन आसीनाः’ (comfortably seated)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (mutually/among themselves)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative description)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm sacrificial enclosure: sages seated in a semicircle on kuśa mats, ritual fires banked low between rites; waterpots, ladles, and palm-leaf manuscripts nearby; the atmosphere is contemplative and conversational.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Satra
• Karma (rites)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In dharmic life, even pauses between rituals become sacred when used for satsanga—mutual remembrance of tīrthas and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is singled out; the verse emphasizes many tīrthas as the sages’ shared field of experience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references the satra’s ritual acts and their intervals, but does not prescribe a new rite.