Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां श्रुतमेतन्मया विभो । वदतां ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणां तथान्येषां तपस्विनाम्

Transliteration

sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ śrutametanmayā vibho | vadatāṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tapasvinām

Translation

ข้าแต่องค์ผู้ทรงฤทธิ์ ข้าพเจ้าได้สดับคำสอนนี้ว่าด้วยทีรถะทั้งปวง จากโอษฐ์พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐและดาบสผู้บำเพ็ญตบะทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Modifier (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• तीर्थानाम्: of the sacred places (tīrthas)
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma/Bhava (Object/Impersonal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—‘has been heard’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वदताम्: of those speaking
• वदताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) → वदत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: of the foremost brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘indras among brāhmaṇas’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Modifier (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तपस्विनाम्: of ascetics
• तपस्विनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

Speaker

A narrator within the episode (female petitioner continuing her speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble narrator addresses a powerful lord, recalling that the glory of all tīrthas was heard from eminent brāhmaṇas and austere sages seated in an āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tapasvins

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It grounds tīrtha-glorification in received testimony from authoritative spiritual communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the ongoing tīrthamāhātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on śruti/śravaṇa (heard tradition) as a source of guidance.