Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवं पुण्या पवित्रा च कथिता तव भूपते । भूयो मां पृच्छसि च यत्तच्चैव कथयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

evaṃ puṇyā pavitrā ca kathitā tava bhūpate | bhūyo māṃ pṛcchasi ca yattaccaiva kathayāmyaham

Translation

ดังนี้ ข้าแต่ภูปติ (พระราชา) ตีรถะอันเป็นบุญและชำระให้บริสุทธิ์นี้ได้กล่าวแก่พระองค์แล้ว และสิ่งใดที่พระองค์จะทรงถามอีก ข้าพเจ้าก็จักกล่าวให้ทราบเช่นกัน

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘thus’

• पुण्या: meritorious/holy
• पुण्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (तीर्थ/नदी-स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रसङ्गे)

• पवित्रा: pure
• पवित्रा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय): ‘and’

• कथिता: has been described
• कथिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has been told/described’

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; (लिङ्ग-अनिरूप्य)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति/degree adverb): ‘again/further’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पृच्छसि: you ask
• पृच्छसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय): ‘and’

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative): ‘what/that which’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-शब्दः (correlative): ‘that’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय): ‘and’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण): ‘indeed’

• कथयामि: I will tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (णिजन्त; कथ् + णिच्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) ‘I tell’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (narrator responding to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā–Viśalyā / Viśalyā-saṅgama (contextual)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (bhūpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes the description of the tīrtha to a respectful king; both sit near the riverbank with manuscripts or prayer beads, signaling continuation of the pilgrimage discourse.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic method of dharma-teaching proceeds through dialogue, concluding one māhātmya and inviting further inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha described throughout Adhyāya 23 (centering on Viśalyā-saṅgama and related sacred waters).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a narrative closure and invitation for further questions.