Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

कोशस्यान्तो न विद्येत हस्त्यश्वरथपत्तिमान् । इतिहासपुराणज्ञैः पण्डितैः सह संकथाम्

Transliteration

kośasyānto na vidyeta hastyaśvarathapattimān | itihāsapurāṇajñaiḥ paṇḍitaiḥ saha saṃkathām

Translation

ତାହାର କୋଷର କୌଣସି ସୀମା ନଥିଲା; ହାତୀ, ଘୋଡ଼ା, ରଥ ଓ ପଦାତି ସେନାରେ ସେ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ ଥିଲେ। ଇତିହାସ-ପୁରାଣଜ୍ଞ ପଣ୍ଡିତମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ସେ ଧର୍ମମୟ ସଂବାଦ କରୁଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• kośasya: of the treasury/store
• kośasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• antaḥ: end, limit
• antaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• vidyeta: would be found / could be known
• vidyeta: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• hasti-aśva-ratha-patti-mān: possessing elephants, horses, chariots and infantry
• hasti-aśva-ratha-patti-mān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasti (प्रातिपदिक) + aśva (प्रातिपदिक) + ratha (प्रातिपदिक) + patti (प्रातिपदिक) + -mat (मतुप् प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुपन्त-विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• itihāsa-purāṇa-jñaiḥ: by those who know the epics and purāṇas
• itihāsa-purāṇa-jñaiḥ: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: itihāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• paṇḍitaiḥ: by learned men
• paṇḍitaiḥ: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṇḍita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• saha: with
• saha: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'with')

• saṃkathām: conversation, discourse
• saṃkathām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous king in court: overflowing treasury, elephants and horses in the background, while the king converses with seated pandits holding palm-leaf manuscripts of Itihāsa and Purāṇa.

Characters & Entities

• Itihāsa
• Purāṇa
• Paṇḍita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity is stabilized by śāstra-guided counsel; learning and dharma safeguard political power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the narrative tone for the Revā-region account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the practice implied is śāstra-saṅga—keeping company with learned Purāṇic authorities.