Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
स्कंद उवाच । इति देवीसमुदितं समाकर्ण्य वटोद्भव । सर्वज्ञेन यदाख्यातं तदाख्यास्यामि ते शृणु
Transliteration
skaṃda uvāca | iti devīsamuditaṃ samākarṇya vaṭodbhava | sarvajñena yadākhyātaṃ tadākhyāsyāmi te śṛṇu
Translation
斯坎达（Skanda）说道：“噢瓦托德婆婆（Vaṭodbhava），我听闻女神如是所言，今将把全知者所宣说之语转述于你——请听。”
Word by Word
स्कन्दःSkanda
स्कन्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
देवीसमुदितम्what was spoken by the Goddess
देवीसमुदितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक) + समुदित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः: देव्याः समुदितम् (देवी-उक्तम्)
समाकर्ण्यhaving heard
समाकर्ण्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-कर्ण् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having heard’
वटोद्भवO (one) born from the banyan (tree)
वटोद्भव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवट (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: वटात् उद्भवः (born from the banyan)
सर्वज्ञेनby the omniscient one
सर्वज्ञेन:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम
आख्यातम्was declared / explained
आख्यातम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-ख्या (धातु) + त (कृत्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
आख्यास्यामिI will explain
आख्यास्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-ख्या (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी
Speaker
Skanda
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Vaṭodbhava
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Skanda, poised as a storyteller, addresses Vaṭodbhava; behind him, a faint vignette of Devī and Śiva’s dialogue indicates the source of the teaching.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaD
Devī (Pārvatī)S
Sarvajña (Śiva, implied)V
VaṭodbhavaFAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through faithful hearing and retelling; Skanda positions the teaching as coming from the omniscient Śiva.
The ongoing context is Kāśī’s Ānandakānana/Ānandavana and its Liṅga-māhātmya.
Implicit emphasis on śravaṇa (listening) as a devotional discipline; no explicit rite is stated.