Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

समागमे मुनीनां तु देवानां हि तथैव च । कथितं देवदेवेन शितिकण्ठेन भारत । कैलासे पर्वतश्रेष्ठे तत्ते संकथयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

samāgame munīnāṃ tu devānāṃ hi tathaiva ca | kathitaṃ devadevena śitikaṇṭhena bhārata | kailāse parvataśreṣṭhe tatte saṃkathayāmyaham

Translation

На собрании муни — и также богов — это было изречено Богом богов, Шитикан̣тхой (Шивой), о Бхарата, на Кайласе, величайшей из гор. Это повествование я ныне поведаю тебе.

Word by Word

• समागमे: in the assembly/meeting
• समागमे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place/occasion)

• मुनीनाम्: of sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे (but/indeed)

• देवानाम्: of gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); कारण/निश्चयार्थे (for/indeed)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb); 'so/thus'

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कथितम्: was told/said
• कथितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'said/told'

• देवदेवेन: by the god of gods
• देवदेवेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by)

• शितिकण्ठेन: by Śitikaṇṭha (Śiva)
• शितिकण्ठेन: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिति + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; शिवस्य नाम; कर्तृ-निर्देश (by)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पर्वतश्रेष्ठे: on the best mountain
• पर्वतश्रेष्ठे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; 'best of mountains'

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

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana/Sambandha (Dative/Genitive nuance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (enclitic); सम्बन्ध (to you/for you)

• संकथयामि: I narrate
• संकथयामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'I relate'

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On snow-bright Kailāsa, Śitikaṇṭha (blue-throated Śiva) addresses an assembly of devas and munis; the narrator turns to Bhārata to transmit the sacred account.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śitikaṇṭha
• Kailāsa
• Devas
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-greatness is revealed through divine discourse and preserved through sage-to-king transmission.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha is the topic being introduced; Kailāsa is given as the narrative setting of the original teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes the authority-chain (Śiva → assembly → present narration).