Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि रामनाथस्य शूलिनः । स्तोत्राध्यायं महापुण्यं शृणुत श्रद्धया द्विजाः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi rāmanāthasya śūlinaḥ | stotrādhyāyaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śṛṇuta śraddhayā dvijāḥ

Translation

ศรีสูตกล่าวว่า: “บัดนี้เราจักอธิบายบทแห่งสโตตระอันเป็นมหาบุญ แด่พระรามนาถะผู้ทรงตรีศูล จงฟังด้วยศรัทธาเถิด โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย”

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: Śrī Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + सूत (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् सूतः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु; √वच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल/अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• अतः: thereafter
• अतः: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/हेत्वर्थ (thereafter/from this)

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall proclaim
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + वच् (धातु; √वच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम + नाथ (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रामस्य नाथः)

• शूलिनः: of the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Genitive apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण-नाम (शूलधारी शिवः)

• स्तोत्राध्यायम्: the chapter of the hymn
• स्तोत्राध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्तोत्रस्य अध्यायः)

• महापुण्यम्: very meritorious
• महापुण्यम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महच्च तत् पुण्यम्); विशेषण (स्तोत्राध्यायम्)

• शृणुत: listen
• शृणुत: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु; √श्रु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

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

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvi-jāḥ (brāhmaṇas/twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta seated in a sacred assembly, addressing brāhmaṇas, announcing a highly meritorious hymn-chapter to Rāmanātha-Śiva (Śūlin).

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rāmanātha
• Śūlin (Śiva)
• Dvijas (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful listening to sacred hymns and their exposition is presented as a direct source of great merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha in the Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred geography, introduced through a stotra chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (listening) with śraddhā to the stotra-adhyāya as a devotional practice.