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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं यथा स पयसांनिधिः । अगस्त्येन पुरा पीतो देवकार्यप्रसिद्धये

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā sa payasāṃnidhiḥ | agastyena purā pīto devakāryaprasiddhaye

Translation

سوت نے کہا: میں نے تمہیں یہ سب بیان کر دیا—کہ کس طرح قدیم زمانے میں اگستیہ نے دیوتاؤں کے کام کی تکمیل کے لیے اُس آب کے خزانے، سمندر کو پی لیا تھا۔

Word by Word
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
etatthis
etat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (object)
vaḥto you
vaḥ:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4th/6th case), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; अत्र सम्प्रदानार्थे (to you)
sarvamall
sarvam:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (etat)
ākhyātamhas been narrated
ākhyātam:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā + khyā (धातु) + क्त (PPP)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावे (has been narrated/told)
yathāhow/as
yathā:
Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमान/प्रकार/यथा-सम्बन्ध (as/how)
saḥthat (he/it)
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
payasāmof waters
payasām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootpayas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन
nidhiḥtreasure, repository
nidhiḥ:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
agastyenaby Agastya
agastyena:
Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagastya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन
purāformerly
purā:
Kāla (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpurā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)
pītaḥwas drunk
pītaḥ:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpā (धातु) + क्त (PPP)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was drunk)
deva-kārya-prasiddhayefor the accomplishment/renown of the gods' task
deva-kārya-prasiddhaye:
Sampradāna (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva + kārya + prasiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवानां कार्यस्य प्रसिद्धिः)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāyasāṃnidhi (Ocean as ‘reservoir of waters’)—episode reference

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta addressing an audience of sages, gesturing as he recounts Agastya’s astonishing act: the small-statured r̥ṣi holding a kamaṇḍalu, drinking the vast ocean as devas watch in awe; the seabed revealed with nāgas and shells.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
A
Agastya
O
ocean (payasāṃ-nidhi)
D
Devāḥ

FAQs

Great sages act for loka-saṅgraha—cosmic welfare—supporting divine order through extraordinary tapas and power.

The verse recalls Agastya’s famed ocean episode as sacred history supporting the preceding tīrtha account (Nāgara Khaṇḍa context).

None; it is a narrative recap linking Agastya’s deed to divine purpose.

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