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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अगस्त्य उवाच । एतद्भविष्यं श्रुत्वाहं व्यासस्य शिवनंदन । आश्चर्यभाजनं जातस्तीर्थानि कथयाधुना

Transliteration

agastya uvāca | etadbhaviṣyaṃ śrutvāhaṃ vyāsasya śivanaṃdana | āścaryabhājanaṃ jātastīrthāni kathayādhunā

Translation

阿伽斯提耶说道：“听闻这段关于毗耶娑的叙述，噢，湿婆之子，我心充满惊异。如今请为我宣说诸圣地（tīrtha）。”

Word by Word
अगस्त्यःAgastya
अगस्त्यः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु; वचने)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
एतत्this
एतत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with भविष्यं)
भविष्यम्future event/what will happen
भविष्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभविष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु; श्रवणे)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (having heard)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
व्यासस्यof Vyāsa
व्यासस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन
शिवनन्दनO son of Śiva
शिवनन्दन:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य नन्दनः = son of Śiva)
आश्चर्यभाजनम्a cause/object of wonder
आश्चर्यभाजनम्:
Karma (Predicative complement/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (आश्चर्यस्य भाजनम् = object/receptacle of wonder)
जातःhas become
जातः:
Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु; जनने)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; विधेय (become)
तीर्थानिsacred places (tīrthas)
तीर्थानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन
कथयtell/narrate
कथय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कथ् (धातु; कथने)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (now)
Speaker

Agastya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (Śiva-nandana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agastya, seated in a forest hermitage, addresses Skanda—‘Śiva’s son’—with folded hands; Skanda poised to begin a detailed description of tīrthas, with a map-like suggestion of Kāśī’s sacred sites in the background.

Characters & Entities
A
Agastya
V
Vyāsa
S
Skanda (Śivanandana)

FAQs

A sincere seeker responds to sacred narratives with wonder and a deeper desire to learn the tīrthas—turning inspiration into pilgrimage-knowledge.

The upcoming focus is on Kāśī’s tīrthas, especially within Ānandakānana, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

None directly; it initiates instruction on tīrtha-māhātmya (pilgrimage lore) as a guide for dharmic travel.

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