Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । दृष्टं किमस्ति ते ब्रह्मस्त्रिलोक्यां किंचिदद्भुतम् । तन्नो ब्रूहि वयं सर्वे त्वद्वाक्यामृतलालसाः

Transliteration

rājovāca | dṛṣṭaṃ kimasti te brahmastrilokyāṃ kiṃcidadbhutam | tanno brūhi vayaṃ sarve tvadvākyāmṛtalālasāḥ

Translation

พระราชาตรัสว่า: “ข้าแต่พราหมณ์ ท่านได้เห็นสิ่งอัศจรรย์ใดในไตรโลกหรือไม่? โปรดบอกแก่พวกเราเถิด เพราะพวกเราทั้งปวงโหยหาน้ำอมฤตแห่งวาจาของท่าน”

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दृष्टम्: seen, observed
• दृष्टम्: Karma (Object of inquiry/विषय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग (as ‘seen’/‘has been seen’)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Existence/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic); ‘of you/your’

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative); एकवचन; ऋषि-सम्बोधन

• त्रिलोक्याम्: in the three worlds
• त्रिलोक्याम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण); एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः यस्यां)

• किंचित्: something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; अनिश्चित/किञ्चित् (something)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (of किंचित्/दृष्टम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) बहुवचन (enclitic); ‘to us/for us’

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता); बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचन; विशेषण (of वयम्)

• त्वद्वाक्यामृतलालसाः: eager for the nectar of your words
• त्वद्वाक्यामृतलालसाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वद् + वाक्य + अमृत + लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (त्वदीयानि वाक्यानि तेषाम् अमृतम्; तस्मिन् लालसाः) — ‘eager for the nectar of your words’

Speaker

The King (rājā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, hands folded, addresses Nārada seated on a pīṭha, asking about wondrous sights across the three worlds; the assembly leans in, eager for kathā.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman (addressed sage, likely Nārada)
• triloka (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble inquiry before the wise is praised; eagerness for dharmic teaching is likened to thirst for nectar.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it introduces a teaching dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse models śravaṇa (listening) and respectful questioning as spiritual practice.