Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । एवं निशम्य वचनं गौर्या द्विजवरोत्तमः । नमस्कृत्य जगामाशु धर्मराज निवेशनम्

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | evaṃ niśamya vacanaṃ gauryā dvijavarottamaḥ | namaskṛtya jagāmāśu dharmarāja niveśanam

Translation

พระศรีมารกัณฑेयกล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำของพระคุรีแล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐนั้นถวายบังคม และรีบไปยังนิเวศน์ของพระธรรมราชา

Word by Word

• श्री-मार्कण्डेयः: the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya
• श्री-मार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (उपपद/प्रातिपदिक) + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)

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

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)

• निशम्य: having heard
• निशम्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गौर्याः: of Gaurī
• गौर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• द्विज-वर-उत्तमः: the best of excellent Brahmins
• द्विज-वर-उत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (द्विजानां वराणाम् उत्तमः)

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-√कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/शीघ्रता-अव्यय (adverb)

• धर्मराज: of Dharmarāja (Yama)
• धर्मराज: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप); तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य राजा)

• निवेशनम्: abode, dwelling
• निवेशनम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• dvija (brahmin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True learning is marked by humility—hearing the Goddess’s instruction, the sage responds with reverence and dutiful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This narrative bridge leads into the formal naming and praise of Śūleśvarī-tīrtha in the same adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it is a narrative movement establishing the next sacred-geographical revelation.