Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। युधिष्ठिर उवाच । श्रुता मे विविधा धर्माः संहारास्त्वत्प्रसादतः । कृता देवेन सर्वेण ये च दृष्टास्त्वयानघ

Transliteration

| yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | śrutā me vividhā dharmāḥ saṃhārāstvatprasādataḥ | kṛtā devena sarveṇa ye ca dṛṣṭāstvayānagha

Translation

Юдхиштхира сказал: По твоей милости я услышал о различных дхармах и о разрушениях-растворениях, совершённых всеобъемлющим Божеством, — о тех самых событиях, которые ты, о безгрешный, сам видел.

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (perfect, 3rd singular)

• श्रुताः: heard
• श्रुताः: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृसम्बन्धी विशेषण—‘heard’ (masculine nominative plural)

• मे: by me / my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive singular: my/by me)

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural adjective)

• धर्माः: duties/laws
• धर्माः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine nominative plural)

• संहाराः: dissolutions/withdrawals
• संहाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-हार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masculine nominative plural)

• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: through your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः + तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘त्वत्प्रसादतः’ = त्वत्प्रसादात् (indeclinable in sense: ‘due to your grace’)

• कृताः: done
• कृताः: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘done/made’ (masculine nominative plural)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन (masculine instrumental singular)

• सर्वेण: by the all (all-encompassing)
• सर्वेण: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine instrumental singular adjective)

• ये: which/that (those)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• दृष्टाः: seen
• दृष्टाः: Kartṛ-predicative (Subject complement/कर्तृसम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘seen’ (masculine nominative plural)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (instrumental singular: by you)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम् (address)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (outer frame) / within: Yudhiṣṭhira addressing a vipra/ṛṣi

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira seated respectfully before a sinless sage (vipra/ṛṣi), hands folded; behind them, a subtle cosmic backdrop hinting at pralaya—darkened sky, dissolving elements—contrasted with the calm of discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Deva (all-encompassing Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authentic transmission of dharma occurs through reverent dialogue and the teacher’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it opens a doctrinal inquiry about dissolution and divine power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a conversational preface to further teaching.