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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

इति पृष्टस्तदा सूतो नैमिषारण्यवासिभिः । वक्तुं प्रचक्रमे तत्र व्यासं नत्वा गुरुं मुदा । श्रीसूत उवाच । राज्यार्थं कलहे जाते पांडवानां पुरा द्विजाः । धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महायुद्धे महदक्षौहिणीयुते

Transliteration

iti pṛṣṭastadā sūto naimiṣāraṇyavāsibhiḥ | vaktuṃ pracakrame tatra vyāsaṃ natvā guruṃ mudā | śrīsūta uvāca | rājyārthaṃ kalahe jāte pāṃḍavānāṃ purā dvijāḥ | dhārtarāṣṭrairmahāyuddhe mahadakṣauhiṇīyute

Translation

ครั้นถูกชาวนัยมิษารัณยะทูลถามดังนั้น สุตะก็เริ่มกล่าว ณ ที่นั้น ด้วยความปีติกราบนอบน้อมแด่ครูคือพระวยาส แล้วศรีสุตะกล่าวว่า: “โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย กาลก่อนเมื่อเกิดวิวาทเรื่องราชสมบัติของปาณฑพ ก็มีมหาสงครามกับโอรสแห่งธฤตราษฏระ พร้อมด้วยกองทัพอักษौหิณีอันไพศาล”

Word by Word
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक निपात (quotative particle)
पृष्टःhaving been asked
पृष्टः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृच्छ् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘asked’
तदाthen
तदा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नैमिषारण्यवासिभिःby the dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya
नैमिषारण्यवासिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनैमिषारण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (नैमिषारण्ये वासिनः)
वक्तुम्to speak
वक्तुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to speak’
प्रचक्रमेbegan
प्रचक्रमे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्रम् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; प्र-उपसर्ग
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
व्यासम्Vyāsa
व्यासम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नत्वाhaving bowed
नत्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootनम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bowed’
गुरुम्to the teacher
गुरुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
मुदाwith joy
मुदा:
Karana (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; करणत्वे (instrumental of manner)
श्रीसूतःthe venerable Sūta
श्रीसूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् सूतः)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
राज्यार्थम्for the sake of the kingdom
राज्यार्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (राज्यस्य अर्थः)
कलहेin the quarrel
कलहे:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकलह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
जातेhaving arisen
जाते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when arisen’
पाण्डवानाम्of the Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डवानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
द्विजाःO brāhmaṇas (twice-born)
द्विजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
धार्तराष्ट्रैःwith the Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
धार्तराष्ट्रैः:
Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootधार्तराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
महायुद्धेin the great war
महायुद्धे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् युद्धम्)
महत्great
महत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
अक्षौहिणीयुतेaccompanied by (many) akṣauhiṇīs
अक्षौहिणीयुते:
Adhikarana (Qualifier in locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षौहिणी (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘अक्षौहिणीभिः/अक्षौहिणीनां युतम्’ (endowed with armies)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (narrative reference)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the Naimiṣa assembly, sages question; Sūta bows to Vyāsa and begins recounting the Kurukṣetra war’s origin in a sovereignty dispute and the massive armies involved.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
N
Naimiṣāraṇya
V
Vyāsa
P
Pāṇḍavas
D
Dhārtarāṣṭras
A
Akṣauhiṇī
B
Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

Purāṇic instruction is transmitted through humility to the guru and through sacred dialogue in tīrtha-like assemblies (here, Naimiṣāraṇya).

Naimiṣāraṇya is explicitly mentioned as the sages’ forest-assembly; the Setukhaṇḍa context later focuses on Setu/Rāmeśvaram.

None; this verse establishes the narrative setting and introduces the Mahābhārata conflict as context.

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