Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

वायोः सकाशात्स्कन्देन श्रुतमेतत्पुरातनम् । वसिष्ठः श्रुतवांस्तस्मात्पराशरस्ततः परम्

Transliteration

vāyoḥ sakāśātskandena śrutametatpurātanam | vasiṣṭhaḥ śrutavāṃstasmātparāśarastataḥ param

Translation

یہ قدیم پران وایو دیوتا سے اسکند (سکند) نے سنا۔ پھر اس سے وِسِشٹھ نے سنا، اور اس کے بعد پرَاشر نے باری باری سنا۔

Word by Word

• वायोः: of/from Vāyu
• वायोः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सकाशात्: from (the presence of)
• सकाशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (ablatival adverb) ‘from the presence of’

• स्कन्देन: by Skanda
• स्कन्देन: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• श्रुतम्: heard
• श्रुतम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुरातनम्)

• पुरातनम्: ancient
• पुरातनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (एतत्/श्रुतम्)

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• श्रुतवान्: heard (has heard)
• श्रुतवान्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुतवत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (perfect participle, active) ‘having heard’ (विधेय-प्रयोगः)

• तस्मात्: from him/therefrom
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• पराशरः: Parāśara
• पराशरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराशर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ततः: then/from him
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थक (then/from there)

• परम्: further/after that
• परम्: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative) ‘further/afterwards’

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nareśvara and ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic chain of teachers: Vāyu as a radiant deva imparting to youthful Skanda; Skanda then instructing Vasiṣṭha; Vasiṣṭha passing to Parāśara—shown as vignettes or a single composition with four nodes.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Skanda
• Vasiṣṭha
• Parāśara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa is safeguarded through paramparā—hearing and faithfully transmitting is itself a dharmic responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the focus is on lineage rather than a geographic māhātmya in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa and transmission (listening and teaching) are implied as the method of preservation.