Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

इति प्रोवाच भगवन्सत्यलोके पितामहः । इतींद्रवचनं श्रुत्वा सहस्रानीकभूपतिः

Transliteration

iti provāca bhagavansatyaloke pitāmahaḥ | itīṃdravacanaṃ śrutvā sahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ

Translation

ดังนี้แล พระปิตามหะผู้ควรบูชา (พระพรหม) ตรัสในสัทยโลก ครั้นได้สดับวจนะของพระอินทร์แล้ว พระราชาสหัสรานีกะ—

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: 'thus')

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भगवन्: the Blessed one
• भगवन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘पितामहः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सत्यलोके: in Satyaloka
• सत्यलोके: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-loka (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘सत्यस्य लोकः’

• पितामहः: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय

• इन्द्र-वचनम्: Indra's words
• इन्द्र-वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘इन्द्रस्य वचनम्’

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु) → śrutvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘श्रवणं कृत्वा’

• सहस्रानीक-भूपतिः: the king Sahasrānīka
• सहस्रानीक-भूपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anīka (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सहस्राणि अनीकानि यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रचलितं, परन्तु रूपेण तत्पुरुष-समासवत् प्रयोगः (नामरूप)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) audience/ṛṣi assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In Satyaloka, Brahmā (Pitāmaha) speaks solemnly; the scene then shifts to Indra’s words being heard by King Sahasrānīka, emphasizing a chain of transmission from Brahmā to Indra to the king.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Satyaloka
• Indra
• Sahasrānīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma is transmitted through authorized divine speech, guiding humans toward purification and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implied continuity from the prior verse: Cakratīrtha in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indirectly reaffirms the earlier prescription: to perform snāna at the specified tīrtha for liberation from a curse.