Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा भगवानीशस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ततो देवस्य वचनादगस्त्यस्य सहोदरः

Transliteration

ityuktvā bhagavānīśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | tato devasya vacanādagastyasya sahodaraḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระภควานอีศะก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง ต่อมา ตามพระดำรัสของเทพเจ้า น้องร่วมสายโลหิตของอคัสตยะก็ออกเดินทาง

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ईशः: the Lord
• ईशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (भगवान् इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic/only)

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तरधा + इ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• देवस्य: of the god (Lord)
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वचनात्: because of the word/command
• वचनात्: Apadana/Reason (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सहोदरः: brother
• सहोदरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहोदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, after Śiva’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu mahātīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara dissolves into light or becomes invisible at the very place of discourse; the rishi stands with staff and water-pot, turning toward the pilgrimage path, energized by the divine command.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Agastya
• Agastya’s brother (sahodara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction should be acted upon promptly; the story shifts from teaching to practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly, the Setu mahātīrtha just indicated by Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Obedience to the deity’s word—beginning the yātrā that culminates in tīrtha-snānā and observance.