Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवं स्वर्णखनेर्जातं माहात्म्यं च मुनीश्वरात्

Transliteration

evaṃ svarṇakhanerjātaṃ māhātmyaṃ ca munīśvarāt

Translation

Như vậy đã hình thành câu chuyện về sự vinh quang gắn với “mỏ vàng”, như được truyền nhận từ bậc chúa tể các hiền triết.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• svarṇa-khaneḥ: of the gold-mine
• svarṇa-khaneḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + khani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular; तत्पुरुषः: ‘gold-mine’ (svarṇasya khaniḥ)

• jātam: arisen/produced
• jātam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with māhātmyam; ‘arisen/produced’

• māhātmyam: the greatness (account)
• māhātmyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction ‘and’)

• muni-īśvarāt: from the lord of sages
• muni-īśvarāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ablative singular; तत्पुरुषः: ‘lord of sages’; अपादान (source)

Speaker

Agastya (narrative voice; verse is a concluding marker)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇa-khani (Gold Mine)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa and assembled sages (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-teacher narrates the ‘Svarṇa-khani’ māhātmya to attentive listeners; the ‘gold mine’ is symbolized as a radiant earth-cleft or sacred pit emitting golden light, indicating hidden merit within the land.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage)
• Svaraṇakhani (gold mine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya is preserved through authoritative sage-to-sage transmission, giving sacred legitimacy to place-legends and their fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Ayodhyā Māhātmya, this verse references a ‘svarṇa-khani’ episode; the exact site-name is not specified in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it functions as a narrative closure attributing the māhātmya to a great sage.