Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ये केचिद्दुर्लभाः प्रश्नास्त्रिषु लोकेषु सत्तम । त्वत्प्रसादेन ते सर्वे श्रुता मे सह बान्धवैः

Transliteration

ye keciddurlabhāḥ praśnāstriṣu lokeṣu sattama | tvatprasādena te sarve śrutā me saha bāndhavaiḥ

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่สัตบุรุษ คำถามทั้งหลายที่หาได้ยากในสามโลกนั้น ด้วยพระกรุณาของท่าน ข้าพเจ้าได้สดับครบถ้วนพร้อมกับหมู่ญาติ

Word by Word

• ये: which (those)
• ये: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्रश्नाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (relative)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (some)

• दुर्लभाः: hard to obtain/rare
• दुर्लभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + लभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘प्रश्नाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रश्नाः: questions
• प्रश्नाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• त्रिषु: in three
• त्रिषु: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘लोकेषु’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अधिकरणम्

• सत्तम: O best of the good
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + तमप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; श्रेष्ठार्थक (superlative)

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत्-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद् + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे (by means of/through)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘सर्वे’ इत्यस्य सहार्थे (those)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तृपदम् (with ‘श्रुताः’)

• श्रुताः: have been heard
• श्रुताः: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (श्रवणे)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘मे’ इत्यनेन कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः (heard by me)

• मे: by me
• मे: Karta (Experiencer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया/षष्ठी-रूप (enclitic); अत्र कर्तृसम्बन्धे षष्ठी (by me / of me)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition), सहार्थक; तृतीया-सहयोगे प्रयुज्यते

• बान्धवैः: (my) relatives
• बान्धवैः: Sahakari (Associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सह-योगे

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa narrator (addressed as sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king expresses gratitude: by the sage’s grace, he and his relatives have heard answers to rare questions across the three worlds; the atmosphere is calm, resolved, and communal.

Characters & Entities

• tri-loka
• prasāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right knowledge is received through humility and the teacher’s grace; inquiry (praśna) becomes fruitful through prasāda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it belongs to the broader Narmadā/Revā teaching frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of gratitude and reception of teachings.