Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

प्रियं च पार्थ ते ब्रूमो येषां कुशलकामुकः । सर्वे कुशलिनस्ते च यादवाः पांडवास्तथा

Transliteration

priyaṃ ca pārtha te brūmo yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmukaḥ | sarve kuśalinaste ca yādavāḥ pāṃḍavāstathā

Translation

ஓ பார்த்தா, உனக்கு இனிய செய்தி கூறுகிறோம்—நீ நலன் வேண்டிய அனைவரும் குசலமாய் செழித்து உள்ளனர்; யாதவர்கள், பாண்டவர்கள் இருவரும்.

Word by Word

• priyam: a pleasing (thing/word)
• priyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; here as कर्म/विधेय-भाव (pleasant thing/statement)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pārtha: O Pārtha (Arjuna)
• pārtha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) एकवचन; enclitic; ‘to you/for you’ sense in speech-context

• brūmaḥ: we say
• brūmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; relative pronoun

• kuśala-kāmukaḥ: desirous of their welfare
• kuśala-kāmukaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuśala (प्रातिपदिक) + kāmuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भावार्थे तत्पुरुषः—‘kuśalaṃ kāmayate’ (desiring welfare)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• kuśalinaḥ: well, safe, prosperous
• kuśalinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuśalin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; demonstrative

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yādavāḥ: the Yādavas
• yādavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced; narrative voice reporting news)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada (or a sage-messenger figure) conveys pleasing news to Pārtha; calm faces, gesture of assurance, a forest-hermitage or pilgrimage-road ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Yādava
• Pāṇḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-centered concern for others’ welfare is affirmed; the verse conveys reassurance and harmony among righteous lineages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is narrative and relational rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.