Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ते दृष्टा ब्राह्मणैः सर्वैर्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः । संपृष्टास्तैर्महाराज यथा तदवधारय

Transliteration

te dṛṣṭā brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ | saṃpṛṣṭāstairmahārāja yathā tadavadhāraya

Translation

เหล่าพราหมณ์ทั้งปวงผู้เชี่ยวชาญพระเวทและเวทางคะได้เห็นพวกเขาแล้ว และได้ซักถามพวกเขา โอ้มหาราช จงเข้าใจตามที่เราจะเล่าให้ฟังเถิด

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• दृष्टाः: seen
• दृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः: by those proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• वेदवेदाङ्गपारगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + vedāṅga + pāraga (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (veda-vedāṅgayoḥ pāragaḥ = one who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas)

• संपृष्टाः: questioned/asked
• संपृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-pṛcch (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + rāja (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (mahān rājā)

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• यथा: Avyaya (Modifier/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; सम्बन्ध/प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner/according as)

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• अवधारय: understand/ascertain
• अवधारय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-maṇḍala (general frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (royal interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of learned brāhmaṇas, calm yet intent, approach a royal figure and begin to question travelers; the scene is set as a narrative handoff—‘listen as I relate’.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is clarified through respectful inquiry; learning is paired with discernment and questioning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode remains situated in the Revā/Narmadā milieu of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; it introduces a dharmic inquiry within the tīrtha narrative.