Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

एषा ते कथिता राजन्सिद्धिश्चाणक्यभूभृतः । तथान्यत्तव वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकाग्रमानसः

Transliteration

eṣā te kathitā rājansiddhiścāṇakyabhūbhṛtaḥ | tathānyattava vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ

Translation

ఓ రాజా, చాణక్య భూపతి యొక్క ఈ సిద్ధిని నీకు చెప్పితిని. ఇక మరికొంత చెప్పుదును—ఏకాగ్రచిత్తంతో వినుము।

Word by Word

• eṣā: this
• eṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• kathitā: has been told
• kathitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि—"has been told"

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन

• siddhiḥ: success/accomplishment
• siddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• āṇakya-bhūbhṛtaḥ: of the king Āṇakya
• āṇakya-bhūbhṛtaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṇakya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūbhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आणक्यस्य भूभृतः = आणक्य-राज्ञः)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• anyat: another (thing)
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tava: to you/for you (your)
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vakṣyāmi: I will tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• ekāgra-mānasaḥ: with a focused mind
• ekāgra-mānasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāgra (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (एकाग्रं मानसं यस्य)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (explicit in next adhyāya opening; inferred here)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan/nareśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a seated king, concluding one account and inviting concentrated listening for the next teaching; a calm hermitage or riverbank assembly setting.

Characters & Entities

• Cāṇakya (a ruler)
• King (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred narratives yield fruit when heard with concentration and receptivity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It functions as a transition after the Śuklatīrtha episode, preparing for further tīrtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (attentive listening) is the implied discipline—‘listen with one-pointed mind’.