Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
Devanagari script
एतदाश्चर्यमतुलं सर्वं कथय मे प्रभो
Transliteration
etadāścaryamatulaṃ sarvaṃ kathaya me prabho
Translation
ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า โปรดตรัสเล่าให้ข้าพเจ้าฟังโดยพิสดารถึงอัศจรรย์อันหาที่เปรียบมิได้นี้
Word by Word
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.)
आश्चर्यम्wonder, marvel
आश्चर्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.)
अतुलम्incomparable
अतुलम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.)—‘आश्चर्यम्’ इति विशेषणम्
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (acc. sg.)
कथयtell, explain
कथय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); परस्मैपदम्; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचनम्
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-एकवचनम् (dat. sg.)—एन्क्लिटिक रूप
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-एकवचनम् (voc. sg.)
Speaker
Pārvatī (Devī)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devī, composed yet astonished, asks the Lord to narrate the incomparable marvel completely; the scene is a poised pause before revelation.
Characters & Entities
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Īśvara (Śiva)FAQs
A sincere seeker should directly ask the Lord for the full meaning of sacred wonders, preparing the mind to receive tīrtha-māhātmya.
The setting is the Revā Khaṇḍa, pointing to Revā/Narmadā tīrthas whose greatness is being unfolded in this chapter.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is an inquiry that leads into the explanation of tīrtha-phala.