Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

आश्चर्यभूतं लोकस्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि सुव्रत

Transliteration

āścaryabhūtaṃ lokasya śrotumicchāmi suvrata

Translation

Hỡi bậc giữ giới nguyện cao quý, con nguyện được nghe câu chuyện kỳ diệu khiến cả thế gian kinh ngạc.

Word by Word

• आश्चर्यभूतम्: a wondrous (thing/event)
• आश्चर्यभूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्यभूत (प्रातिपदिक; आश्चर्य + भूत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण (object-complement)

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; ‘इच्छामि’ इत्यस्य कर्मार्थकः

• इच्छामि: I wish/desire
• इच्छामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रधान समास (सु + व्रत)

Speaker

Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-associated locale (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed as सुव्रत

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly listener, hands folded, requests a wondrous account from a venerable sage; the scene anticipates a sacred river-lila narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Suvrata (Mārkaṇḍeya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa—devout listening to sacred narratives—is itself a dharmic act that opens the way to understanding tīrtha-glory and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Viśalyā tīrtha (Revā/Narmadā region) indirectly, as the ‘wonderful’ account the king asks to hear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; the implied practice is attentive listening to the māhātmya.