Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच । इत्युक्त्वोपरते सूते शौनकादि महर्षयः । संपूज्य विधिवत्सूतं प्रशस्याथाभ्यनन्दयन्

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | ityuktvoparate sūte śaunakādi maharṣayaḥ | saṃpūjya vidhivatsūtaṃ praśasyāthābhyanandayan

Translation

وِیاس نے کہا: جب سوت نے یوں کہہ کر کلام ختم کیا تو شَونک وغیرہ مہارشیوں نے رسم کے مطابق سوت کی پوجا کی، اس کی تعریف کی اور خوش ہو کر اس کی بات کی تائید کی۔

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyāsa
• व्यासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person singular, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (त्वान्त), ‘having said’; Absolutive/gerund

• उपरते: when (he) had paused
• उपरते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; ‘ceased/paused’; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (सूत-विशेषण) Locative singular

• सूते: in the Sūta (narrator)
• सूते: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular ‘in/with respect to Sūta’

• शौनकादयः: Śaunaka and others
• शौनकादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; शौनक + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural ‘Śaunaka and others’

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वार्थे), ‘having duly worshipped’; Gerund

• विधिवत्: properly
• विधिवत्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘according to rule’

• सूतम्: the Sūta
• सूतम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• प्रशस्य: having praised
• प्रशस्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+शंस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त, ‘having praised’; Gerund

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (conjunctive particle)

• अभ्यनन्दयन्: they rejoiced/expressed approval
• अभ्यनन्दयन्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+नन्द् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/इम्परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Imperfect, 3rd person plural, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (frame-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the frame (implicitly the reader; within frame, the sages witnessing Sūta’s conclusion)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage assembly at Naimiṣāraṇya: Śaunaka and sages rise, offer garlands and arghya to Sūta, praising him; Vyāsa is invoked as the ultimate authority (‘Vyāsa said’), indicating layered narration.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sūta
• Śaunaka
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture is preserved through reverent listening and honoring the reciter; gratitude is part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse describes the conclave setting and the close of the narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat-pūjā (duly honoring) the Sūta/paurāṇika after the discourse.