Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तवाग्रे च समाख्यातं शुकादीनां च सत्तम । इदानीं प्रष्टुकामोसि किं तत्पृच्छ वदामि ते

Transliteration

tavāgre ca samākhyātaṃ śukādīnāṃ ca sattama | idānīṃ praṣṭukāmosi kiṃ tatpṛccha vadāmi te

Translation

Diante de ti isto foi narrado—e também diante dos nobres como Śuka, ó excelente entre os virtuosos. Agora desejas perguntar; pergunta o que for, e eu te direi.

Word by Word

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अग्रे: before (in your presence)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in front/earlier'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• समाख्यातं: has been narrated
• समाख्यातं: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√khyā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'told/declared'

• शुकादीनां: of Śuka and others
• शुकादीनां: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuka-ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: शुकः आदिः येषाम् (of Śuka and others)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सत्तम: O best one
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat-tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/उपपद: सतां तमः (best among the good)

• इदानीं: now
• इदानीं: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: now)

• प्रष्टुकामः: desirous to ask
• प्रष्टुकामः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praṣṭu-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: प्रष्टुम् कामः (desirous to ask)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• किं: what?
• किं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक

• पृच्छ: ask
• पृच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prach (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वदामि: I tell
• वदामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (addressing Sūta; śuka-ādīnām referenced as prior audience)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Primary interlocutor (addressed as ‘sattama’), with Śuka and others present

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-speaker invites the noble listener to ask questions; Śuka and other eminent ṛṣis sit nearby, forming a luminous council of inquiry.

Characters & Entities

• Śuka
• Sūta (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted through respectful dialogue—listening, questioning, and precise instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing discourse pertains to Kāśī-māhātmya, though this verse highlights the pedagogical setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an invitation to ask questions for further teaching.