Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

सुग्रीवतीर्थमा हात्म्यमेवं वः कथितं द्विजाः । वैभवं नलतीर्थस्य त्विदानीं प्रब्रवीमि वः

Transliteration

sugrīvatīrthamā hātmyamevaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ dvijāḥ | vaibhavaṃ nalatīrthasya tvidānīṃ prabravīmi vaḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนทวิชทั้งหลาย ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวมหาตมะของสุครีวะ-ตีรถะแก่ท่านทั้งหลายแล้ว บัดนี้จักประกาศความรุ่งเรืองอันวิจิตรของนละ-ตีรถะให้ท่านฟัง

Word by Word

• सुग्रीवतीर्थ: Sugrīva’s sacred ford (tīrtha)
• सुग्रीवतीर्थ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुग्रीवस्य तीर्थम्)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• वः: to you / of you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; enclitic form

• कथितम्: (has been) told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘कथितम्’ = ‘has been told’

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• वैभवम्: splendour, greatness
• वैभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• नलतीर्थस्य: of Nala-tīrtha
• नलतीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नलस्य तीर्थम्)

• तु: now, indeed
• तु: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: but/now)

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• प्रब्रवीमि: I declare / I will tell
• प्रब्रवीमि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वः: to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; enclitic form

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced: Brāhma Khaṇḍa narrative style, speaking to sages/brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nala-tīrtha (announced); Sugrīva-tīrtha (concluded)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses assembled brāhmaṇas, concluding Sugrīva-tīrtha’s glory and turning the discourse toward Nala-tīrtha; in the background, the Setu shoreline and sacred waters shimmer.

Characters & Entities

• Sugrīva
• Nala
• Setu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are taught sequentially; listening with faith to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself a doorway to dharma and pilgrimage merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nala-tīrtha at Setu, following the account of Sugrīva-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the forthcoming praise of Nala-tīrtha (typically centered on snāna).