Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

उवाच करुणामूर्तिररुणाद्रीशमानमन् । ब्रह्मोवाच । श्रूयतां वत्स पार्वत्याश्चरितं यत्पुरातनम्

Transliteration

uvāca karuṇāmūrtiraruṇādrīśamānaman | brahmovāca | śrūyatāṃ vatsa pārvatyāścaritaṃ yatpurātanam

Translation

แล้วพระพรหม ผู้เป็นรูปแห่งพระกรุณาและนอบน้อมต่อพระอรุณาจลเจ้า ตรัสว่า “ดูก่อนบุตรเอ๋ย จงสดับเรื่องราวศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันโบราณของพระปารวตีเถิด”

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• करुणामूर्तिः: the embodiment of compassion
• करुणामूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करुणा (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (करुणायाः मूर्तिः)

• अरुणाद्रीशम्: the Lord of Arunācala (Arunādrīśa)
• अरुणाद्रीशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (m.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अरुण-अद्रेः ईशः)

• आनमन: bowed (down)
• आनमन: Kriyā (Participating action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriyā (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आज्ञार्थः

• वत्स: O child/dear one
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• पार्वत्याः: of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचनम्

• चरितम्: deed/story/episode
• चरितम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित (कृदन्त; चर् धातोः क्त प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; क्तान्त-भाववाचक/कर्मवाचक प्रयोगः

• यत्: which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• पुरातनम्: ancient
• पुरातनम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (चरितस्य)

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇācala (Aruṇādri)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vat्सा (addressed as ‘dear child’; within the purāṇic dialogue frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, gentle and compassionate, begins an ancient account, seated in a luminous assembly with Aruṇācaleśvara invoked in the background; the moment is a formal kathā-ārambha.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Aruṇādriśa (Lord of Aruṇācala/Śiva)
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic wisdom is transmitted through compassionate narration; listening (śravaṇa) is presented as a devotional gateway.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aruṇādri/Aruṇācala is the devotional center of the narration, invoked through ‘Aruṇādriśa’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa—attentive listening to the sacred narrative—is explicitly invited.