Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

श्रुता द्वैपायनमुखात्कथां वक्ष्यामि चात्र वः । पुरा द्रुपदराजस्य पुत्रीमासाद्य पांडवाः

Transliteration

śrutā dvaipāyanamukhātkathāṃ vakṣyāmi cātra vaḥ | purā drupadarājasya putrīmāsādya pāṃḍavāḥ

Translation

เราจักเล่าแก่ท่านทั้งหลาย ณ ที่นี้ ซึ่งเป็นเรื่องที่เราได้สดับจากโอษฐ์ทวૈปายนะ (วยาสะ) เอง ครั้งกาลก่อน เหล่าปาณฑพได้ครอบครองพระธิดาแห่งท้าวทฺรุปทะ

Word by Word

• śrutā: heard (was)
• śrutā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) → śruta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvaipāyana-mukhāt: from the mouth of Dvaipāyana
• dvaipāyana-mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvaipāyana (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvaipāyanasya mukham)

• kathām: the story
• kathām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vakṣyāmi: I shall tell
• vakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• vaḥ: to you / of you
• vaḥ: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)

• drupada-rājasya: of King Drupada
• drupada-rājasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: drupada (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (drupadasya rājā)

• putrīm: the daughter
• putrīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• āsādya: having reached/approached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Ugraśravā (Sūta)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narrator announces he will recount a story heard directly from Vyāsa; a brief vignette hints at the Pāṇḍavas’ winning of Draupadī at Drupada’s court.

Characters & Entities

• Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Drupada
• Pāṇḍavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic authority is grounded in sacred transmission (Vyāsa as source), linking dharma-teachings to established tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the historical-itihāsa backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the provenance of the narrative.