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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । इति श्रुत्वा वचो धीमानादरात्कुंभजन्मनः । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनिः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | iti śrutvā vaco dhīmānādarātkuṃbhajanmanaḥ | provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ

Translation

சூதர் கூறினார்—கும்பஜன்மன் (அகஸ்தியர்) எனும் ஞானியின் சொற்களை இவ்வாறு கேட்டபின், கிருஷ்ணத்வைபாயன (வ்யாச) முனிவர் மரியாதையுடன் இனிய சொற்களை உரைத்தார்.

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-समाप्ति/इत्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
वचःspeech, words
वचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
धीमान्the wise one
धीमान्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आदरात्out of respect
आदरात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootआदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे (from respect)
कुम्भजन्मनःof (Agastya) the pot-born
कुम्भजन्मनः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकुम्भ + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; कुम्भे जन्म यस्य (of the one born from a pot)
प्रोवाचspoke forth
प्रोवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र-; परस्मैपद
मधुरम्sweet
मधुरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वाक्यम्)
वाक्यम्statement
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कृष्णद्वैपायनःKṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
कृष्णद्वैपायनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण + द्वैपायन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-विशेष्य (apposition to कृष्णद्वैपायनः)
Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame; not named in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates: Vyāsa, having respectfully heard Agastya’s words, begins to speak sweetly—two sages seated in a forest hermitage with disciples listening.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
A
Agastya
K
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

FAQs

Reverent listening to realized sages is presented as the doorway to receiving purāṇic wisdom about sacred places.

The verse is a narrative transition within Ayodhyā Māhātmya; the specific tīrtha praise begins in the subsequent verses.

No ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the respectful dialogue that will describe tīrtha-merit.

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