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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यथोक्तं तु पुराणेषु तत्तथैव हि दृश्यते । उवाच स हि तान्सर्वांश्चक्षुः प्रच्छाद्य संस्थितान्

Transliteration

yathoktaṃ tu purāṇeṣu tattathaiva hi dṛśyate | uvāca sa hi tānsarvāṃścakṣuḥ pracchādya saṃsthitān

Translation

جیسا کہ پُرانوں میں کہا گیا ہے، ویسا ہی یہاں وقوع پذیر ہوتا دکھائی دیتا ہے۔ پھر اُس نے اُن سب سے خطاب کیا جو آنکھیں ڈھانپے وہاں کھڑے تھے۔

Word by Word
यथा-उक्तम्as stated
यथा-उक्तम्:
Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय-प्रधानम्; अर्थः—‘यथोक्तम्’ = as stated
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)
पुराणेषुin the Purāṇas
पुराणेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण); बहुवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma/Pratipādya (Object/that which is stated)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; (correlative ‘that’)
तथाso/thus
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Emphasis particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic)
हिfor/indeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (reason/emphasis)
दृश्यतेis seen/appears
दृश्यते:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
उवाचsaid/spoke
उवाच:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म); बहुवचन
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तान्’)
चक्षुःthe eyes
चक्षुः:
Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; (instrumental sense intended with gerund: ‘having covered the eyes’)
प्रच्छाद्यhaving covered
प्रच्छाद्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√छद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/त्वान्त); अर्थः—‘प्रच्छाद्य’ = having covered
संस्थितान्standing/placed
संस्थितान्:
Karma (Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√स्था (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘तान्’)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) (explicitly addressed in v.23; implied here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of sages stand in a forested sacred precinct with their eyes covered/veiled; a revered speaker addresses them, suggesting a test, revelation, or ritualized concealment before a miracle.

FAQs

Purāṇic teachings are affirmed as living realities; sacred history manifests as direct experience for the faithful.

Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest) is the setting, presented as a spiritually potent place where Purāṇic truths become tangible.

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a narrative bridge emphasizing Purāṇic authority.

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