Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
आश्चर्यभूतं लोकस्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि सुव्रत
Transliteration
āścaryabhūtaṃ lokasya śrotumicchāmi suvrata
Translation
اے صاحبِ نیک عہد! میں وہ حکایت سننا چاہتا ہوں جو دنیا کے لیے باعثِ حیرت ہے۔
Word by Word
आश्चर्यभूतम्a wondrous (thing/event)
आश्चर्यभूतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्यभूत (प्रातिपदिक; आश्चर्य + भूत)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object-complement)
लोकस्यof the world/people
लोकस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
Formतुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; ‘इच्छामि’ इत्यस्य कर्मार्थकः
इच्छामिI wish/desire
इच्छामि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सुव्रतO one of good vows
सुव्रत:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रधान समास (सु + व्रत)
Speaker
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-associated locale (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed as सुव्रत
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A kingly listener, hands folded, requests a wondrous account from a venerable sage; the scene anticipates a sacred river-lila narrative.
Characters & Entities
S
Suvrata (Mārkaṇḍeya)FAQs
Śravaṇa—devout listening to sacred narratives—is itself a dharmic act that opens the way to understanding tīrtha-glory and divine grace.
Viśalyā tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā region) indirectly, as the ‘wonderful’ account the king asks to hear.
No external rite; the implied practice is attentive listening to the māhātmya.