Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

उच्छेदं संप्रयातानि तीर्थान्यायतनानि च । यान्यहं वेद कार्त्स्न्येन प्रभावसहितानि च । तानि वः कीर्तयिष्यामि शृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः

Transliteration

ucchedaṃ saṃprayātāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca | yānyahaṃ veda kārtsnyena prabhāvasahitāni ca | tāni vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ

Translation

ตีรถะและสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (อายตนะ) มากมายได้สูญหายไปแล้ว แต่สิ่งใดที่เรารู้โดยครบถ้วน พร้อมทั้งอานุภาพของมัน เราจักกล่าวบอกแก่ท่านทั้งหลาย จงฟังด้วยจิตตั้งมั่น

Word by Word

• उच्छेदम्: destruction; cessation
• उच्छेदम्: Gati/Karma-pravachaniya (Goal/state/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (masculine accusative singular)

• संप्रयातानि: gone; departed; come to
• संप्रयातानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+या (धातु) → संप्रयात (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: या-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (past passive participle; neuter nominative plural)

• तीर्थानि: tīrthas (pilgrimage places)
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (neuter nominative plural)

• आयतनानि: abodes; shrines
• आयतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (neuter nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (relative pronoun; neuter nominative plural)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (1st person pronoun; nominative singular)

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान); परस्मैपदम्; उत्तमपुरुषः? (अत्र 3rd sg रूपं 'वेद'—परस्मैपदे प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचनम्, अर्थतः 'knows'); एकवचनम् (present indicative, 3rd person singular)

• कार्त्स्न्येन: completely; in entirety
• कार्त्स्न्येन: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्स्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-एकवचनम् (neuter instrumental singular; प्रकारे)

• प्रभावसहितानि: together with their power/effect
• प्रभावसहितानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभाव+सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: प्रभावेन सहितानि (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, यानि/तानि इति विशेषणम् (neuter nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तद्-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम् (demonstrative pronoun; neuter accusative plural)

• वः: to you; for you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: युष्मद्-शब्दः; चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-बहुवचन-एकादेशः (enclitic: to you/for you or of you)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I will recount; I will proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्); परस्मैपदम्; उत्तमपुरुष-एकवचनम् (simple future; 1st person singular)

• शृणुध्वम्: listen
• शृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ); आत्मनेपदम्; मध्यमपुरुष-बहुवचनम् (imperative; 2nd person plural)

• सुसमाहिताः: well-attentive; well-composed
• सुसमाहिताः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+सम्+आ+धा (धातु) → समाहित (क्त)
• Form: धा-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः; उपसर्गः सु- (अव्ययपूर्वपद); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (past participle used adjectivally; masculine nominative plural)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator seated in a forest-āśrama or pilgrimage pavilion, gesturing as he begins a sacred catalogue; behind him, faint silhouettes of ruined shrines and overgrown ghats symbolize vanished āyatanas; listeners sit with folded hands, fully attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even if physical markers of sacred sites fade, their dharmic memory is preserved through faithful narration and attentive hearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha catalogue, focusing on those still knowable by tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A discipline of listening (śravaṇa) with concentration is prescribed as the proper way to receive tīrtha-māhātmya.