Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं शंखतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ किं भूयः श्रोतुमि च्छसि

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śaṃkhatīrthasamudbhavam | māhātmyaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumi cchasi

Translation

یہ سب میں نے تمہیں بیان کر دیا—شنکھ تیرتھ سے اُبھرا ہوا یہ مہاتمیہ۔ اے بہترین بادشاہ، اب تم اور کیا سننا چاہتے ہو؟

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; etat इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ākhyātam: told/explained
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + √khyā (धातु) → ākhyāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been told)

• śaṃkha-tīrtha-samudbhavam: arising from Śaṅkha-tīrtha
• śaṃkha-tīrtha-samudbhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃkha (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (सम् + उद् + √bhū/√bhav, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सम्बन्ध: śaṃkhatīrthāt samudbhavam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; māhātmyam इति विशेषणम्

• māhātmyam: the glory (account)
• māhātmyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-समास (pārthivānāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ / pārthivaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• kim: what?
• kim: Karman (Interrogative object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• bhūyaḥ: further/again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक/अधिकवाचक (again/further)

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), श्रवणार्थे (to hear)

• icchasi: do you wish
• icchasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śaṃkhatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthivaśreṣṭha (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a seated king in a forest-āśrama or courtly setting, concluding the Śaṃkhatīrtha account; manuscripts or palm leaves may be present, indicating transmission of sacred geography lore.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṃkhatīrtha
• Ānarta (king, implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya literature transmits sacred geography through dialogue, inviting continued inquiry into dharma and tīrtha-merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śaṃkhatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition and invitation to further questions.