Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । सीतापुरं तु प्रथमं प्रवरद्वयमेव च । कुशवत्सौ तथा चात्र मया ते परिकीर्त्तितौ

Transliteration

brahmovāca | sītāpuraṃ tu prathamaṃ pravaradvayameva ca | kuśavatsau tathā cātra mayā te parikīrttitau

Translation

พระพรหมตรัสว่า: สีตาปุระเป็นลำดับแรก และประวระของที่นั่นมีสองสายเป็นคู่กัน ณ ที่นี้ เราได้ประกาศนามกุศะและวัตสะแก่เจ้าแล้วเช่นกัน

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

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

• सीतापुरम्: Sītāpura
• सीतापुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; here object of implied ‘(अहं) वक्ष्यामि/कीर्तयामि’), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सीतायाः पुरम्)

• तु: indeed/now
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• प्रथमम्: first
• प्रथमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषणम् (qualifies सीतापुरम्)

• प्रवरद्वयम्: a pair of pravaras
• प्रवरद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case; object), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रवराणां द्वयम्)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• कुशवत्सौ: Kuśavatsa (two persons/dual)
• कुशवत्सौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशवत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचन; (नाम/गोत्र-प्रवरा-सम्बद्धौ)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/Instrument in passive; कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; सम्प्रदानार्थे

• परिकीर्तितौ: were described/mentioned
• परिकीर्तितौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), द्विवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (कुशवत्सौ ... परिकीर्तितौ)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītāpura

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā points to a stylized list/map: ‘Sītāpura’ highlighted as the first node; beside it two pravara markers are shown; figures labeled Kuśa and Vatsa appear as ancestral icons or sages standing near a village shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Sītāpura
• Kuśa
• Vatsa
• Pravara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are remembered together with the ritual lineages (pravaras) that preserve dharma in those locales.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sītāpura is introduced as the first in the ordered sacred listing within the Dharmāraṇya/Svasthāna context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Identification of pravara (here described as a pair) and associated lineage names (Kuśa, Vatsa) for correct ritual usage.