Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एतन्मया ते कथितं स्नेहेन वरवर्णिनि । न कस्यचिन्मयाऽख्यातं महागोप्यं वरानने

Transliteration

etanmayā te kathitaṃ snehena varavarṇini | na kasyacinmayā'khyātaṃ mahāgopyaṃ varānane

Translation

ด้วยความเอ็นดูรักใคร่ โอ้สตรีผู้ผิวพรรณงาม ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวสิ่งนี้แก่ท่าน; โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งดงาม ความลับอันยิ่งใหญ่นี้ ข้าพเจ้าไม่เคยเปิดเผยแก่ผู้ใดอื่น

Word by Word

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन (to you)

• कथितम्: told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Result/फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• स्नेहेन: with affection
• स्नेहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरा वर्णिनी)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• कस्यचित्: to anyone / of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sampradana (Indirect object/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (of anyone)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• आख्यातम्: declared/told
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Result/फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• महागोप्यम्: a great secret
• महागोप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + गोप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महद् गोप्यम्)

• वरानने: O lovely-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; addressed to a देवी/महादेवी figure; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmakuṇḍa–Hiraṇyeśvara teaching (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A woman addressed as varavarṇinī/varānanā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered teacher figure leans slightly toward a noble lady, speaking softly beside a sacred pond and shrine; the atmosphere is intimate, suggesting a confidential revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is transmitted with responsibility and intimacy; tīrtha-glories are treated as potent, confidential teachings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The preceding teaching concerns Brahmakuṇḍa and Hiraṇyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative seal emphasizing the teaching’s secrecy.