Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ उवाच । शृणु सर्वं महीपाल विस्तरेण च कथ्यते । न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्यो न च व्रीडा महामते

Transliteration

vasiṣṭha uvāca | śṛṇu sarvaṃ mahīpāla vistareṇa ca kathyate | na ca manyustvayā kāryo na ca vrīḍā mahāmate

Translation

वसिष्ठ उवाच—शृणु सर्वं महीपाल, विस्तरेण कथ्यते। न त्वया मन्युः कार्यो, न च व्रीडा महामते॥

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• महीपाल: O king (protector of earth)
• महीपाल: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (protector of the earth)

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• कथ्यते: is being told
• कथ्यते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• मन्युः: anger
• मन्युः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कार्यः: to be done (should be made)
• कार्यः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (√कृ धातु; यत्-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• व्रीडा: shame, embarrassment
• व्रीडा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great-minded)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahi-pāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage raises a calming hand, signaling reassurance; the king’s posture relaxes from anxious inquiry to attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Mahīpāla (King—addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual inquiry requires humility and steadiness—one should hear truth without resentment or embarrassment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the forthcoming account in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is preparatory counsel for receiving a detailed teaching.