Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवं कुमारः सम्भूतो ह्यनधीत्य स वेदवित् । शास्त्राण्यनेकानि वेद चचार विपुलं तपः

Transliteration

evaṃ kumāraḥ sambhūto hyanadhītya sa vedavit | śāstrāṇyanekāni veda cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Translation

یوں کمار ظاہر ہوا؛ باقاعدہ تعلیم کے بغیر بھی وہ وید کا جاننے والا تھا۔ اس نے بے شمار شاستروں کو سمجھا اور نہایت عظیم تپسیا اختیار کی۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• कुमारः: Kumāra
• कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सम्भूतः: born / arisen
• सम्भूतः: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धातु: भू (with उपसर्ग सम्)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अनधीत्य: without studying
• अनधीत्य: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त with नञ्-पूर्वपद (an-), धातु: अधि-इ (to study/learn); अर्थ: without studying

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वेदवित्: knower of the Veda
• वेदवित्: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + विद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वेदं वेत्ति), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शास्त्राणि: treatises
• शास्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of शास्त्राणि)

• वेद: knew
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: विद् (to know)

• चचार: practised / performed
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: चर्

• विपुलम्: abundant / great
• विपुलम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of तपः)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Youthful Kumāra seated in meditation, radiant yet austere; scriptures (śāstra) symbolically present as palm-leaf manuscripts hovering or placed nearby; a forest hermitage backdrop with stillness and heat-haze of tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• Veda
• Śāstra
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual authority rests on purity and tapas; divine wisdom can be innate, yet it is affirmed through disciplined austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse transitions from birth narrative to the dharmic life of tapas often associated with sacred landscapes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription by example: tapas (austerity) and scriptural grounding are upheld as dharmic foundations.