Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

केलिकालेषु पावत्यै शंभुना कथिता द्विजाः । तां ब्रवीमि कथामेनामत्यद्भुततरां हि वः

Transliteration

kelikāleṣu pāvatyai śaṃbhunā kathitā dvijāḥ | tāṃ bravīmi kathāmenāmatyadbhutatarāṃ hi vaḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนทวิชะทั้งหลาย เรื่องนี้ศัมภูได้เล่าแก่พระนางปารวตีในยามแห่งลีลาเทพย์ และเรื่องเดียวกันอันอัศจรรย์ยิ่งนี้ เราจักเล่าแก่ท่านทั้งหลายบัดนี้

Word by Word

• केलिकालेषु: in times of play/sport
• केलिकालेषु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केलि-काल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; 'केल्याः कालाः' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; समयवाचक अधिकरणम्

• पावत्यै: to Pārvatī
• पावत्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• कथिता: told
• कथिता: Kriya (Descriptive predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कथा इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कथाम् इति विशेषणम्

• ब्रवीमि: I tell
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथाम्: the story
• कथाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• एनाम्: this
• एनाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कथाम् इति विशेषणम् (enclitic form)

• अत्यद्भुततराम्: even more wondrous
• अत्यद्भुततराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-अद्भुत-तर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; 'अत्यन्तम् अद्भुता' + तर (comparative) = 'more wondrous'; कथाम् इति विशेषणम्

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ निपात

• वः: to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) बहुवचनस्य/चतुर्थी (4) बहुवचनस्य एन्क्लिटिक रूपम्; अत्र चतुर्थी-अर्थे (for you/to you)

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dwijas/Munīśvaras

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī on Kailāsa in a gentle līlā moment—Śiva teaching, Pārvatī listening—while the narrator promises to retell that very wondrous account to the sages.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-glories are not mere folklore; they are rooted in Śiva’s own teaching tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The forthcoming glorification pertains to the Setu region’s tīrthas, especially Vētālavarada Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the authority (prāmāṇya) of the kathā is emphasized through its divine source.