Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं यत्पृष्ठे हि त्वयानघ । माहात्म्यं पिप्पलादस्य तीर्थस्योत्पत्तिरेव च

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭhe hi tvayānagha | māhātmyaṃ pippalādasya tīrthasyotpattireva ca

Translation

اے بےگناہ! جیسا تم نے پوچھا تھا ویسا ہی سب کچھ بیان کر دیا گیا ہے—پِپّلاد کی عظمت بھی اور اس تیرتھ کی پیدائش بھی۔

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative: this)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (all/entire)

• समाख्यातम्: has been narrated
• समाख्यातम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘समाख्यात’ = narrated/declared

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which/that)

• पृष्ठे: in response (to the question) / in (your) query
• पृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/causal nuance

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (by you)

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness (glory)
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विषय/कर्म (topic/object)

• पिप्पलादस्य: of Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• उत्पत्तिः: the origin
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्-पद् (धातु) + क्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय (subject-noun: origin)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: just/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (responding to a questioner addressed as Anagha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pippalāda-tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (and/or royal interlocutor addressed as anagha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage concludes the narration of Pippalāda-tīrtha’s greatness and its origin to a respectful questioner; calm forest-hermitage ambience with a river hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Tīrtha
• Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembering a tīrtha’s origin and its saintly exemplars is itself part of receiving the place’s dharmic teaching and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pippalāda-associated tīrtha of the Revā Khaṇḍa, whose origin (utpatti) and glory (māhātmya) have been narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it marks the completion of the māhātmya narration.