Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्य पुण्यं समुद्दिष्टं ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः । तत्सर्वं तु शृणुष्वाद्य ममैव गदतो नृप

Transliteration

tasya puṇyaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ | tatsarvaṃ tu śṛṇuṣvādya mamaiva gadato nṛpa

Translation

اس کا پُنّیہ ویدوں میں ماہر برہمنوں نے بیان کیا ہے۔ اے راجا! آج جو کچھ میں خود کہہ رہا ہوں، وہ سب سنو۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject in passive/कर्मणि कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे प्रथमा (subject of passive)

• समुद्दिष्टम्: has been stated/declared
• समुद्दिष्टम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक कर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has been declared’

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ (agent in passive)

• वेदपारगैः: versed in the Vedas
• वेदपारगैः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-पारग (प्रातिपदिक; वेद + पारग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ब्राह्मण-विशेषण

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that’ (anaphoric)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्-विशेषण

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गदतः: as I speak; of me who is speaking
• गदतः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गद् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘of (me) speaking’

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Mārkaṇḍeya, contextually)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kambu-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/narrator seated on kuśa grass addressing a king; brāhmaṇas with Vedic marks nearby; the river and tīrtha indicated in the background; gesture of teaching and attentive listening.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Vedas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-mahātmya is presented as grounded in Vedic tradition and transmitted through qualified teachers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Kambu-tīrtha and its associated rites and fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is prescribed; the verse introduces the explanation of merits (phala-śruti).