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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

शिवशर्मोवाच । ध्रुवाख्यानमिदं रम्यं महापातकनाशनम् । महाश्चर्यकरं पुण्यं श्रुत्वा तृप्तोस्मि भो गणौ

Transliteration

śivaśarmovāca | dhruvākhyānamidaṃ ramyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam | mahāścaryakaraṃ puṇyaṃ śrutvā tṛptosmi bho gaṇau

Translation

Śivaśarman disse: “Este encantador relato de Dhruva destrói os grandes pecados. É santo e maravilhoso; ao ouvi-lo, ó assembleia, sinto-me plenamente satisfeito.”

Word by Word
śivaśarmāŚivaśarmā
śivaśarmā:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśivaśarman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
dhruvākhyānamthe narrative of Dhruva
dhruvākhyānam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdhruva (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): 'ध्रुवस्य आख्यानम्'
idamthis
idam:
Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
ramyamdelightful
ramyam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootramya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण
mahā-pātaka-nāśanamdestroying great sins
mahā-pātaka-nāśanam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: 'महापातकानां नाशनम्' (destroyer of great sins)
mahā-āścarya-karamcausing great wonder
mahā-āścarya-karam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: 'महद् आश्चर्यं करोति' (causing great wonder)
puṇyammeritorious, holy
puṇyam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (of आख्यानम्)
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Kriya-visheshana (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having heard
tṛptaḥsatisfied
tṛptaḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛp (धातु) → tṛpta (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
asmiam
asmi:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन
bhoO!
bho:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbho (अव्यय)
Formसम्बोधनार्थक-अव्यय (vocative particle)
gaṇauO two attendants (Gaṇas)
gaṇau:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootgaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), द्विवचन
Speaker

Śivaśarman

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: gaṇa (assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śivaśarman addresses an assembly after hearing Dhruva’s tale; listeners sit in a semicircle, faces serene; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting ‘mahāpātaka-nāśana’.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śivaśarman
D
Dhruva
M
Mahāpātaka
P
Puṇya

FAQs

Hearing (śravaṇa) Purāṇic devotee-narratives is itself a purifier that destroys even grave sins.

Not directly in this verse; it serves as a transition into the next adhyāya within the Kāśī-centered discourse.

Śravaṇa: listen to the Dhruva narrative for purification and merit.

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