Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवं वः कथितं विप्रा हनूमत्कुंडवैभवम् । राज्ञो धर्मसखस्यापि चरित्रं परमाद्भुतम्

Transliteration

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā hanūmatkuṃḍavaibhavam | rājño dharmasakhasyāpi caritraṃ paramādbhutam

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอ้ท่านวิปรา (พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย) ความรุ่งเรืองแห่งหนุมัตกุณฑะได้ถูกเล่าแก่ท่านแล้ว และประวัติอันน่าอัศจรรย์ยิ่งของพระราชาธรรมสขะก็ได้พรรณนาแล้ว

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• vaḥ: to you (all)
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; अर्थः: 'to you/for you' (contextual dative)

• kathitam: has been narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) → kathita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• viprāḥ: O Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), बहुवचन

• hanūmat-kuṇḍa-vaibhavam: the glory of Hanūmat-kuṇḍa
• hanūmat-kuṇḍa-vaibhavam: Karma (Topic/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hanūmat (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + vaibhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'कथितम्' इत्यस्य विषयः

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• dharma-sakhasya: of Dharma-sakha
• dharma-sakhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + sakha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; 'राज्ञः' इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• caritram: life-story, deeds
• caritram: Karma (Topic/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caritra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• parama-adbhutam: most wonderful
• parama-adbhutam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'चरित्रम्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (explicitly addressing viprāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hanūmatkuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprāḥ (explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addressing seated brāhmaṇas in an āśrama setting; behind them, a symbolic vignette of Hanūmatkuṇḍa and the king’s story appears like a painted scroll—signaling completion of the māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmatkuṇḍa
• Dharmasakha (king)
• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are understood through exemplary lives; the Māhātmya teaches dharma by narrating the tirtha’s glory and a righteous king’s conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hanūmatkuṇḍa is directly praised as a celebrated tirtha within Setukhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it functions as a concluding praise summarizing the Māhātmya narrative.