Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

किं चकार मुनींद्रोऽथ तन्मे विस्तरतो मुने । वद संसारसरणोद्भूतमायाप्रपीडितम् । कथामृतजलौघेन वितृषं कुरु मां प्रभो

Transliteration

kiṃ cakāra munīṃdro'tha tanme vistarato mune | vada saṃsārasaraṇodbhūtamāyāprapīḍitam | kathāmṛtajalaughena vitṛṣaṃ kuru māṃ prabho

Translation

ତାପରେ ମୁନୀନ୍ଦ୍ର କ’ଣ କଲେ? ହେ ମୁନେ, ମୋତେ ବିସ୍ତାରରେ କହନ୍ତୁ। ସଂସାର-ସରଣିରୁ ଉଦ୍ଭୂତ ମାୟାରେ ମୁଁ ପୀଡିତ; କଥାମୃତ-ଜଳର ପ୍ରବାହରେ ମୋ ତୃଷ୍ଣା ନିବାରଣ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପ୍ରଭୁ।

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• चकार: did
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनीन्द्रः: the chief of sages
• मुनीन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां इन्द्रः)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/now)

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मे: to me / my
• मे: Sampradana/Sambandha (to me/of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (adverb: in detail)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वद: tell/speak
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संसार: worldly existence
• संसार: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• सरण: path/track
• सरण: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• उद्भूत: arisen from
• उद्भूत: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (P.P.P. क्त), समासमध्यपद; विशेषणार्थ

• माया: illusion
• माया: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासमध्यपद (in compound)

• प्रपीडितम्: afflicted by the illusion arising from the path of saṃsāra
• प्रपीडितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + पीड् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (P.P.P. क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समास: संसार-सरण-उद्भूत-माया-प्रपीडित (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष)

• कथा: story
• कथा: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• अमृत: nectar/immortality
• अमृत: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासमध्यपद (in compound)

• जल: water
• जल: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासमध्यपद (in compound)

• ओघेन: with the flood of nectar-water of (your) story
• ओघेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समास: कथा-अमृत-जल-ओघ (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय बहुपद)

• वितृषम्: free from thirst
• वितृषम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + तृष् (धातु) + अच् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate complement)

• कुरु: make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Rājā (the king, interlocutor)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sage (muni)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, visibly burdened, pleads with the sage: ‘I am oppressed by māyā from saṃsāra’s pathways; with the flood of nectar-like story, make me thirstless.’ Depict a symbolic stream of luminous ‘kathā’ flowing from the sage’s speech toward the king’s heart.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred listening and inquiry are presented as medicine for saṃsāra-born delusion, quenching inner thirst through dhārmic narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly praised in this verse; it functions as a transition into the narrative set at Mandara within the larger Vastrāpatha Kṣetra māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is kathā-śravaṇa (hearing sacred discourse) with devotion and detailed inquiry.